Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway

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The Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway was a British railway company in south Wales .

The company was founded on August 7, 1854 to build a railway line from Carmarthen to Cardigan . On September 3, 1861, the first section of the 2.14 meter broad gauge line from Carmarthen to Conwil was opened. The South Wales Railway was commissioned to operate. Since the income did not even cover the costs, operations were stopped again at the end of the year. A new opening took place on August 12, 1861. On March 28, 1864 the line to Pencader and on June 3, 1864 to Llandysul was put into operation. In November 1864 the company was placed under bankruptcy administration. Management regained control of the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway in 1867, but the bankruptcy administrator did not cease to operate until 1878. In 1872 the line was converted to standard gauge .

On August 22, 1881, the Great Western Railway took over the company. The GWR extended the route to Newcastle Emlyn . There was no further extension to Cardigan.

Today the Gwili Railway operates on a section of the route near Carmarthen and the Teifi Valley Railway museum railway operations on a section near Henllan .

literature

  • Christopher Awdry: Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies . Stephens, Wellingborough 1990, ISBN 1-85260-049-7 .

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