Llanpumpsaint railway station

Llanpumpsaint was a railway station near the village of Llanpumpsaint, West Wales, serving the hamlet and the rural locale.

Llanpumpsaint Station
Location
Place	Llanpumpsaint
Area	Carmarthen
Coordinates	51.9425°N 4.3068°W / 51.9425; -4.3068
Grid reference	SN4153429624
Operations
Original company	Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
28 March 1864[1]	Station opened
February 1965[1]	Station closed
1973	Line closed
2009	Station Site purchased by the Gwili Railway
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Manchester and Milford Railway
Aberystwyth Aberystwith & Welsh Coast Rly to Pwllheli Vale of Rheidol Railway (narrow gauge) Llanrhystyd Road Newtown & Machynlleth Rly Llanilar Oswestry & Newtown Rly to Manchester Felindyffryn Halt Llanidloes (L&NR) Trawscoed Mid-Wales Railway to Builth Wells Caradog Falls Halt Llangurig branch Llangurig Aberayron branch unbuilt connection 15 miles (24 km) Aberayron Llanerch-Ayron Halt Strata Florida Crossways Halt Alltddu Halt Ciliau-Aeron Halt Tregaron Felin Fach Pont Llanio Talsarn Halt Olmarch Halt Blaenplwyf Halt Llangybi Silian Halt Derry Ormond Newcastle Emlyn Pontgoch Lampeter Teifi Valley Railway (narrow gauge) Henllan Pencarreg Halt Alltycefn Tunnel Llanybydder Pentrecourt Platform Maesycrugiau Llandyssul Bryn Teifi Teifi Valley route (Carmarthen & Cardigan Rly) Pencader Junction Pencader Pencader Tunnel 985 yd 901 m Llanpumpsaint Conwil Danycoed Halt Llwyfan Cerrig Gwili Railway Bronwydd Arms Abergwili Junction Llanelly Railway to Llandovery Carmarthen Town River Gwili Carmarthen Great Western Railway to Milford Haven West Wales Line to Swansea

History

The Teifi Valley Railway was originally operated by the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway between Carmarthen and Cynwyl Elfed. In 1864, the line was extended to Pencader and Llandysul. The line was purchased by the Great Western Railway (GWR) and extended to a terminus at Newcastle Emlyn in 1895.[2]

Although passenger services ceased in 1965, goods services continued until 1973 because of the milk train services to the Co-operative Group creamery at Newcastle Emlyn.[3] Although the station has been demolished the dismantled railway still passes through the village and, until recently, the original "Llanpumpsaint" station sign could be seen in front of the Railway Inn.

The Gwili Railway (Future Preservation)

During the 1970s, A group of railway enthusiasts bought eight miles of the old trackbed. In neighbouring Bronwydd, a mile long section of the line was reopened in April 1978 for tourists and named the Gwili Railway.

Since Then, the line has been extend north to Danycoed Halt and the line will later re-opened South to Abergwili Junction in July 2017.[4]

The Gwili Railway aims to eventually restore the railway, up the valley to Llanpumpsaint. Eight derelict bridges crossing the Gwili lie between Conwyl and Llanpumsaint, the cost of this restoration work is a major factor delaying the re-opening northwards to Llanpumpsaint.[5])

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Conwil Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway		Pencader Line and station closed
	Proposed Heritage railways
Conwyl Line and station closed		Gwili Railway		Terminus

Notes

1. Butt 1995, p. 146.
2. "Newcastle Emlyn railway station". isused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
3. "Dairies in Ceredigion". Ceredigion.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Rheilffordd Gwili
5. http://users.aol.com/WalesRails/gwil.htm Wales Rails: Gwili Railway

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
• Holden, John S. Holden (2007). The Manchester & Milford Railway. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-658-2.

External links

• The Gwili Railway