Gwili Railway Rheilffordd Gwili | |
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![]() The official logo of the Gwili Railway ![]() Vulcan Foundry Austerity 0-6-0ST 'Haulwen' at Bronwydd Arms | |
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Terminus | Danycoed Halt Abergwili Junction |
Coordinates | 51°53′30″N 4°18′03″W / 51.89155°N 4.30077°W |
Commercial operations | |
Name | Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway |
Original gauge | 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) Brunel gauge |
Preserved operations | |
Operated by | Gwili Railway Co. Ltd |
Stations | 4 |
Length | 4.50 miles (7.24 km) |
Preserved gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Commercial history | |
Opened | 1860 |
1872 | Converted to 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
1881 | Absorbed by Great Western Railway |
1973 | Closed |
Preservation history | |
1978 | Taken over by the preservation society |
1987 | Llwyfan Cerrig reached |
1988 | Llwyfan Cerrig station officially opened |
2001 | Opening of extension to Danycoed |
2002 | Work starts on extension to Carmarthen North |
2008 | Gwili Railway marks 30 years to the day of Re-opening |
2009 | Gwili Railway purchases Llanpumpsaint train station site (completely). |
2011 | Gwili is Awarded for fully restored GWR-Style crossing gates at Bronwydd Arms itself. |
2017 | Opening of extension to new station at Abergwili Junction. |
2023 | Abergwili Junction officially opened. |
Headquarters | Bronwydd Arms |
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The Gwili Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Gwili) is a Welsh heritage railway, that operates a preserved standard gauge railway line from the site of Abergwili Junction (near Carmarthen) in southwest Wales along a four-and-a-half-mile (7.2 km) section of the former Carmarthen to Aberystwyth line. The original railway closed in 1965, with the track being lifted in 1975.