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Abergwili railway station

Coordinates: 51°51′58″N 4°16′02″W / 51.86614°N 4.26711°W / 51.86614; -4.26711
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Abergwili
Abergwili station remains (1992)
General information
LocationAbergwili, Carmarthenshire
Wales
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Opened1 June 1865 (as Abergwilli)
Closed9 September 1963
Original companyLlanelly Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
April to June 1880Station closes
28 July 1893Renamed Abergwili

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.

History

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Opened 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

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The 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

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  • 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
Carmarthen Town   London and North Western Railway
Llanelly Railway
  Whitemill

51°51′58″N 4°16′02″W / 51.86614°N 4.26711°W / 51.86614; -4.26711


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  • Railscot Carmarthen Branch (Llanelly Railway and Dock Company)[2]