Conwil railway station

Conwil Station
Conwil station in 1962
General information
Location	Cynwyl Elfed, Carmarthen Wales
Coordinates	51°54′45″N4°20′53″W / 51.9124°N 4.3480°W / 51.9124; -4.3480
Grid reference	SN3859426371
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway
Key dates
3 September 1860 [1]	Station opened
31 December 1860 [1]	Station closed
12 August 1861 [1]	Station re-opened
22 February 1965	Station closed to passengers
1973	Line closed
1978	Station purchased by the Gwili Railway
Location

v t e Manchester and Milford Railway
Legend
Aberystwyth Aberystwith & Welsh Coast Rly to Pwllheli Vale of Rheidol Railway (narrow gauge) Llanrhystyd Road Newtown & Machynlleth Rly Llanilar Oswestry & Newtown Rly to Manchester Felindyffryn Halt Llanidloes (L&NR) Trawscoed Mid-Wales Railway to Builth Wells Caradog Falls Halt Llangurig branch Llangurig Aberayron branch unbuilt connection 15 miles (24 km) Aberayron Llanerch-Ayron Halt Strata Florida Crossways Halt Alltddu Halt Ciliau-Aeron Halt Tregaron Felin Fach Pont Llanio Talsarn Halt Olmarch Halt Blaenplwyf Halt Llangybi Silian Halt Derry Ormond Newcastle Emlyn Pontgoch Lampeter Teifi Valley Railway (narrow gauge) Henllan Pencarreg Halt Alltycefn Tunnel Llanybydder Pentrecourt Platform Maesycrugiau Llandyssul Bryn Teifi Teifi Valley route (Carmarthen & Cardigan Rly) Pencader Junction Pencader Pencader Tunnel 985 yd 901 m Llanpumpsaint Conwil Danycoed Halt Llwyfan Cerrig Gwili Railway Bronwydd Arms Abergwili Junction Llanelly Railway to Llandovery Carmarthen Town River Gwili Carmarthen Great Western Railway to Milford Haven West Wales Line to Swansea

Conwil was a railway station near the village of Cynwyl Elfed in Carmarthenshire, Wales, serving the hamlet and the rural locale. It was once a thriving railway station, transporting both passenger traffic and locally produced goods, including wool, livestock, milk and timber. ^[2]

History

The Teifi Valley Railway was originally operated by the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway between Carmarthen and Cynwyl Elfed. In 1864, the line was extended to Pencader and Llandysul. The line was purchased by the Great Western Railway (GWR). ^[3]

Although passenger services ceased in 1965, goods services continued until 1973 because of the milk train services to the Co-operative Group creamery at Newcastle Emlyn. ^[4] As of 2012 the station and platforms still survive.

The Gwili Railway/Rheilffordd Ager y Gwili

A group of railway enthusiasts bought eight miles of the old trackbed. In neighbouring Bronwydd, a 1 mile long section of the line was reopened in spring 1978 for tourists and named the Gwili Railway. The Gwili Railway aims to eventually restore the railway as far north as Llanpumsaint. Plans were underway in 2012 to extend the line southwards to the site of Abergwili Junction. ^[5] Seven derelict bridges crossing the Gwili lie between Conwyl itself and Llanpumpsaint; the cost of restoring them is a major factor delaying the reopening of the line up to Llanpumpsaint. ^[6] )

Disused railways
Llanpumpsaint		Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Great Western Railway		Brownydd Arms
Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Proposed extension
Llanpumpsaint Terminus		Gwili Railway		Danycoed Halt towards Abergwili Junction

Notes

1. Butt 1995, p. 68.
2. Misstear, Rachael (2 March 2015). "Fifty years on, the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth line is remembered". WalesOnline. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
3. "Newcastle Emlyn railway station". disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
4. "Dairies in Ceredigion". Ceredigion.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
5. "Home". Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2012. Rheilffordd Gwili
6. http://users.aol.com/WalesRails/gwil.htm Wales Rails: Gwili Railway

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Holden, John S. Holden (2007). The Manchester & Milford Railway. The Oakwood Press. ISBN   0-85361-658-2.

External links

• The Gwili Railway