Llandyssul railway station explained

Llandyssul
Status:Disused
Borough:Llandysul, Carmarthenshire
Country:Wales
Coordinates:52.0354°N -4.3174°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway
Pregroup:Great Western Railway
Postgroup:Great Western Railway
Years:3 June 1864
Events:Station opened as Llandyssil
Years1:17 December 1918
Events1:Station renamed Llandyssul
Years2:15 September 1952
Events2:Station closed
Years3:1973
Events3:Line closed

Llandyssul (previously Llandyssil) was a railway station near the village of Llandysul, West Wales, on the originally broad gauge Teifi Valley line of the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway.

History

The Teifi Valley Railway was originally conceived as a broad-gauge line between Carmarthen and Cardigan. The line was opened temporarily in 1860, under the South Wales Railway and was fully opened the following year. It was operated by the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway between Carmarthen and Cynwyl Elfed. In 1864, the line was extended to Pencader and Llandysul.

It was converted to standard gauge by 1872. However, the company was bankrupt. The line was purchased by the Great Western Railway and extended to a terminus at Newcastle Emlyn in 1895,[1] The GWR did not build the line on to Cardigan and Newcastle Emlyn remained the terminus.

Although passenger services ceased in 1952, goods services continued until 1973 because of the milk train services to the Co-operative Group creamery at Newcastle Emlyn.[2]

The station has been destroyed by the building of a bypass. The old station had a stationmaster's house, cattle pens, a large goods shed, weighing machine, a signal box, etc.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Newcastle Emlyn railway station. disused-stations.org.uk. 28 January 2012.
  2. Web site: Dairies in Ceredigion. Ceredigion.gov.uk. 28 January 2012.