The Whitland and Cardigan Railway was a 27.5 miles (44.3 km) long branch line in West Wales. It was built in two stages, at first as the Whitland and Taf...
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improved the use of the line somewhat. Meanwhile, another railway was built to Cardigan from Whitland, and the C&CR line did not extend beyond Newcastle Emlyn...
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Cardigan railway station in the county town of Cardigan, Ceredigion was the terminus of the Whitland and Cardigan Railway, opened on 31 August 1886. The...
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Pembroke; the main line continues to Milford Haven and Fishguard Harbour. The Whitland and Cardigan Railway (closed in 1962) diverged from the Fishguard/Milford...
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the council. Whitland railway station is at the junction of the South Wales Main Line with two branch lines: Pembroke Dock, and Cardigan. The latter was...
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Maenclochog Railway and the North Pembrokeshire and Fishguard Railway had been acquired by the GWR in 1898. The Whitland and Cardigan Railway; the Company...
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Crymych (section Nearby settlements and structures)
to Cardigan turnpike road, now the A478. The village developed around the former Crymmych Arms railway station on the now-closed Whitland to Cardigan Railway...
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Login, Carmarthenshire, a hamlet in Wales Login Halt railway station on the Whitland and Cardigan Railway Login (film), a 2012 Hindi film ;login:, a technical...
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railway station was the terminus of the Whitland and Cardigan Railway. On 2 August 1877, the Whitland and Taf Vale Railway Company obtained an act of Parliament[which...
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Llanglydwen railway station served the village of Llanglydwen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, from 1875 to 1963 on the Whitland and Cardigan Railway. The station...
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Cilgerran (section Population and governance)
attractions are Cilgerran Castle and annual coracle races. Kilgerran Halt was a stop on the former Whitland and Cardigan Railway. There are a number of listed...
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given to the Whitland and Cardigan Railway that once ran alongside the River Taf between the towns of Whitland and Cardigan. The railway was closed in...
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Rhydowen Halt railway station served the small settlement of Rhydowen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, from 1875 to 1962 on the Whitland and Cardigan Railway. The station...
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Llanfalteg Halt railway station served the village of Llanfallteg, Carmarthenshire, Wales, from 1875 to 1962 on the Whitland and Cardigan Railway. The station...
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Login Halt railway station served the hamlet of Login, Carmarthenshire, Wales, from 1875 to 1962 on the Whitland and Cardigan Railway. The station was...
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Glogue Halt railway station served the hamlet of Glogue, Pembrokeshire, Wales, from 1875 to 1962 on the Whitland and Cardigan Railway. The station was...
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Kilgerran Halt railway station served the village of Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, Wales, from 1886 to 1963 on the Whitland and Cardigan Railway. The station...
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reached only in 1895). Cardigan was eventually served instead by the winding Whitland and Cardigan Branch Line from Whitland, the primary junction in...
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Western Railway tender engines. The Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway on 1 July 1881. Three locomotives (+ 1) 1...
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and at one time flowed at ground level across the main Cardigan–Tenby road (A478) before falling to the level of the Whitland and Cardigan Railway station...
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distribution. This led to the construction of the Whitland and Cardigan Railway. The advent of the railway lead to Owen expanding his workforce to over 80...
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Llanfyrnach railway station served the village of Llanfyrnach, Pembrokeshire, Wales, from 1875 to 1963 on the Whitland and Cardigan Railway. The station...
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Boncath railway station served the village of Boncath, Pembrokeshire, Wales, from 1886 to 1963 on the Whitland and Cardigan Railway. The station was formally...
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Crymmych Arms was a railway station in Crymych, Pembrokeshire, West Wales, on the Whitland and Cardigan line. It took its name from a nearby pub which...
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of Peckett and Sons railway locomotives, plus those from Fox Walker, both built at the Atlas Engine Works, Bristol. Despite heavy work and poor maintenance...
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Salcombe Railway (1888) Cornwall Railway (1 July 1889) ‡ Llanelly Railway and Dock (1889) Whitland and Cardigan Railway (1 July 1890) Witney Railway (1890)...
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Pembroke Dock. In 1866, the Pembroke and Tenby Railway was extended to Whitland; Whitland was on the South Wales Railway broad gauge main line but being on...
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Cilgerran, passing the Welsh Wildlife Centre and following the trackbed of the former Whitland and Cardigan Railway. Cilgerran Gorge Circular Walk. This is...
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West Wales lines (category Railway lines in Wales)
group of railway lines from Swansea through Carmarthenshire to Pembrokeshire, West Wales. The main part runs from Swansea to Carmarthen and Whitland, where...
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independent line from Whitland to Carmarthen; the GWR saw that this could lead to a hostile railway, probably the London and North Western Railway, establishing...
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