Abergwili railway station served the village of Abergwili in Wales. It was the first station after Gwili Junction, the point where the line through it divided from the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line.
Abergwili | |
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![]() Abergwili station remains (1992) | |
General information | |
Standort | Abergwili, Carmarthenshire Wales |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Llanelly Railway |
Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
1 June 1865 | Opens as Abergwilli |
April to June 1880 | Station closes |
28 July 1893 | Renamed Abergwili |
9 September 1963 | Station closes |
History
editOpened by the Llanelly Railway, the station was absorbed into the London and North Western Railway as part of its ownership of the Central Wales Line. Becoming part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, it passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. Later transferred to the Western Region of British Railways, it was closed by the British Railways Board.
The site today
editThe station site remained undeveloped after closure and the platform survived until 1999 when the trackbed was used for the upgrading of the A40 trunk road as part of Carmarthen's eastern bypass. Nothing now remains as the trackbed has been subsumed beneath the new road scheme.
References
edit- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
- Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
- Llandeilo to Abergwili Line [1]
- Abergwili station on navigable O. S. map
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Carmarthen Town | London and North Western Railway Llanelly Railway |
Whitemill |
51°51′58″N 4°16′02″W / 51.86614°N 4.26711°W
External links
edit- Railscot Carmarthen Branch (Llanelly Railway and Dock Company)[2]