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Trawscoed railway station

Coordinates: 52°20′06″N 3°57′33″W / 52.3351°N 3.9591°W / 52.3351; -3.9591
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Trawscoed railway station
General information
LocationTrawsgoed, Ceredigion
Wales
Coordinates52°20′06″N 3°57′33″W / 52.3351°N 3.9591°W / 52.3351; -3.9591
Grid referenceSN666725
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyManchester and Milford Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
12 August 1867[1]Opened
14 December 1964[1]Closed

Trawscoed railway station[2] was located on the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line (originally called the Manchester and Milford Railway before being transferred to the GWR). The station had a signal box on the single platform, a weighing machine, several sidings, and a corrugated iron waiting room and ticket office combined. The estate of Trawsgoed is located nearby.

History

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The station opened in August 1867 to serve Trawsgoed Estate. The station closed in December 1964 when services were truncated at Strata Florida, following flood damage to the line at Llanilar. Formal closure was confirmed two months later. In 2001 the station building and platform survived in alternative use,[2] but collapsed in 2006.

Remains of an old railway bridge near Trawscoed

On the night of Sunday 7 August 1955, the royal train was stabled here overnight when it was routed over the Manchester and Milford en route to the opening of an extension to the National Library of Wales on 8 August.[3]

The station building was used as a coal merchant office after the line closed.[4]

References

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Notes
  1. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 233.
  2. ^ a b "Trawscoed Railway Station, Crosswood (41347)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved : 2012-09-25
  3. ^ Details of Trawscoed Station
  4. ^ Google Forum Retrieved : 2012-09-25
Sources

Further reading

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  • Holden, J.S. (1979, revised 2nd edition 2007): The Manchester & Milford Railway, Oakwood Press, ISBN 978-0-85361-658-0
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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Caradog Falls   Great Western Railway
Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line
  Felindyffryn Halt
Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line
Aberystwyth
Vale of Rheidol Railway
Llanrhystyd Road
Llanilar
Felindyffryn Halt
Llanidloes
Trawscoed
Caradog Falls Halt
Llangurig branch
(never saw use)
Llangurig
unbuilt connection
15 miles (24 km)
Strata Florida
Alltddu Halt
Tregaron
Pont Llanio
Olmarch Halt
Llangybi
Derry Ormond
Newcastle Emlyn
Pontgoch
Lampeter
Henllan
Pencarreg Halt
Alltycefn Tunnel
Llanybydder
Pentrecourt Platform
Maesycrugiau
Llandyssul
Bryn Teifi
Pencader Junction
Pencader
Pencader Tunnel
985 yd
901 m
Llanpumpsaint
Conwil
Danycoed Halt
Llwyfan Cerrig
Bronwydd Arms
Abergwili Junction
Carmarthen Town
Carmarthen