Kidwelly Flats Halt railway station

Kidwelly Flats
Kidwelly Flats
	Disused training facility and a Spitfire at RAF Pembrey
General information
Location	Pembrey, Carmarthenshire ; Wales
Coordinates	51°42′31″N4°17′56″W / 51.7087°N 4.2989°W Coordinates: 51°42′31″N4°17′56″W / 51.7087°N 4.2989°W
Grid reference	SN412036
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
6 July 1941	Station opened
11 November 1957	Station closed

Last updated September 29, 2022

Kidwelly Flats Halt railway station served the Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) and RAF Pembrey at Pembrey,^[2] Carmarthenshire, Wales between 1941 and 1957. It was on the West Wales Line.

History

The station was opened on 6 July 1941 by the Great Western Railway and closed by British Railways in 1957.^[1] It was on the section of the South Wales Railway which opened in 1852^[3] and was situated between Kidwelly and Pembrey and Burry Port stations. Lando Platform or Halt station was also located between Kidwelly Flats and Pembrey and Burry Port stations between 1928 and 1964.^[4]

Infrastructure

The station had two platforms on a double track section of line. It partly lay beneath the road bridge and nothing now remains of the station. The station had no sidings or freight facilities.

Services

The station was not open to the general public. Mostly workers arriving from the west used the station from where a bus would take them to the ordnance factory.

Routes

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Kidwelly Line and station open		West Wales Line Great Western Railway		Pembrey and Burry Port Line and station open

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References

1 2 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 131. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
↑ Carmarthenshire LIII.SE (includes: Pen Bre.) Revised: 1948 Published: 1953
↑ MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. I: 1833-1863. Paddington: Great Western Railway. pp. 572–3, 865.
↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 138. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

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[Butt-1] 1 2 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 131. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

[2] Carmarthenshire LIII.SE (includes: Pen Bre.) Revised: 1948 Published: 1953

[3] MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. I: 1833-1863. Paddington: Great Western Railway. pp. 572–3, 865.

[Butto-4] Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 138. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

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