Teifi Valley Railway Rheilffordd Dyffryn Teifi | |
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![]() Locomotive Sammy at the overbridge just beyond Henllan railway station in 2002. Behind are preserved standard gauge coaches that were then housed at the railway. | |
Locale | Wales |
Terminus | Henllan |
Preserved operations | |
Owned by | The Teifi Valley Railway Ltd / Teifi Valley Railway Society |
Operated by | Teifi Valley Railway Ltd |
Stations | 2 (formerly 4) |
Length | 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) until 2014; currently 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) |
Preserved gauge | 2 ft (610 mm) |
Preservation history | |
1981 | Trackbed between Llandysul and Newcastle Emlyn bought by Dyfed Railway Company Ltd. |
1986 | Reopened to Pontprenshitw Station |
1989 | Reopened to Llandyfriog Station |
2006 | Reopened to Llandyfriog Riverside Station |
2014 | Temporary closure |
2016 | Reopened for rail services |
2016 | Reopened to Forest Halt Station |
2020 | Reopened to Pontprenshitw Station |
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The Teifi Valley Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Dyffryn Teifi) is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway occupying a section of the former standard gauge Great Western Railway line between Llandysul and Newcastle Emlyn. After the closure of the former line by British Rail in 1973, a preservation group built and periodically extended a narrow-gauge railway along the route, westwards from Henllan, eventually operating a 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) long line as a tourist attraction.
In 2014, the railway closed and much of the track was lifted. It re-opened in 2016, running along about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) of relaid track.