Llanpumpsaint railway station

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Llanpumpsaint Station
General information
Location Llanpumpsaint, Carmarthen
Wales
Coordinates 51°56′33″N4°18′24″W / 51.9425°N 4.3068°W / 51.9425; -4.3068
Grid reference SN4153429624
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Key dates
28 March 1864 [1] Station opened
February 1965 [1] Station closed
1973Line closed
2009Station Site purchased by the Gwili Railway
Location
Llanpumpsaint railway station
Manchester and Milford Railway
Aberystwyth
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Llanrhystyd Road
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Llanilar
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Felindyffryn Halt
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Llanidloes
Trawscoed
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Caradog Falls Halt
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Llangurig
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unbuilt connection
15 miles (24 km)
Aberayron
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Tregaron
Felin Fach
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Pont Llanio
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Olmarch Halt
Blaenplwyf Halt
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Llangybi
Silian Halt
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Derry Ormond
Newcastle Emlyn
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Pontgoch
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Lampeter
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Henllan
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Pencarreg Halt
Alltycefn Tunnel
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Llanybydder
Pentrecourt Platform
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Maesycrugiau
Llandyssul
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Bryn Teifi
Teifi Valley route
(Carmarthen & Cardigan Rly)
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Pencader Junction
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Pencader
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Pencader Tunnel
985 yd
901 m
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Llanpumpsaint
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Conwil
Danycoed Halt
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Llwyfan Cerrig
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Bronwydd Arms
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Abergwili Junction
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Carmarthen Town
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Carmarthen
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Llanpumpsaint was a railway station near the village of Llanpumpsaint, West Wales, serving the hamlet and the rural locale.

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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) and extended to a terminus at Newcastle Emlyn in 1895. [2]

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. [3] Although the station has been demolished the dismantled railway still passes through the village and, until recently, the original "Llanpumpsaint" station sign could be seen in front of the Railway Inn.

The Gwili Railway (Future Preservation)

During the 1970s, A group of railway enthusiasts bought eight miles of the old trackbed. In neighbouring Bronwydd, a mile long section of the line was reopened in April 1978 for tourists and named the Gwili Railway.

Since Then, the line has been extend north to Danycoed Halt and the line will later re-opened South to Abergwili Junction in July 2017. [4]

The Gwili Railway aims to eventually restore the railway, up the valley to Llanpumpsaint. Eight derelict bridges crossing the Gwili lie between Conwyl and Llanpumsaint, the cost of this restoration work is a major factor delaying the re-opening northwards to Llanpumpsaint. [5] )

Disused railways
Conwil
Line and station closed
  Great Western Railway
Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway
  Pencader
Line and station closed
Preceding station HR icon.svg Heritage railways Following station
Proposed extension
Conwil Gwili Railway Terminus

Notes

  1. 1 2 Butt 1995, p. 146.
  2. "Newcastle Emlyn railway station". disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  3. "Dairies in Ceredigion". Ceredigion.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  4. "Home". Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2012. Rheilffordd Gwili
  5. http://users.aol.com/WalesRails/gwil.htm Wales Rails: Gwili Railway

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