Maesycrugiau railway station

Maesycrugiau railway station also Maes-y-crugiau railway station served the hamlet and rural locale of Maesycrugiau near Llanllwni on the Carmarthen Aberystwyth Line in the Welsh county of Carmarthen.

Maesycrugiau railway station
Site of the station in 2004
General information
LocationMaesycrugiau, Carmarthen
Wales
Coordinates52°02′39″N 4°13′35″W / 52.0443°N 4.2265°W / 52.0443; -4.2265
Grid referenceSN4740140774
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyManchester and Milford Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 January 1866[1]Opened
22 February 1965[2]Closed

History

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The Manchester and Milford Railway (M&MR) opened from Pencader to Aberystwyth on 12 August 1867.[3] The line went into receivership from 1875 to 1900.

The Great Western Railway took over the service in 1906, and fully absorbed the line in 1911. The Great Western Railway and the station passed on to British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board.

The OS map shows that the station had a signal box, goods yard, and a passing loop.

On 19 August 1890, due to boiler defects and poor design, an engine boiler exploded whilst at Maesycrugiau. No one was injured in the accident.[4]

Born in 1871, Evan Davies recalled that Maesycrugiau was "a one man Station, single Iine, and the Station-master was the porter, signalman and all, pleased to have a bit of help to shunt the trucks from us boys".[5]

The station house is still present as is the nearby Railway Inn.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Bryn Teifi   Great Western Railway
Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line
  Llanybyther

References

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Notes
  1. ^ Butt 1995, p. 152.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 15.
  3. ^ "Manchester and Milford Railway (91660)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  4. ^ Railways Archive Retrieved : 2012-09-20
  5. ^ Evan Davies Retrieved : 2012-09-20
Sources
Manchester and Milford Railway
Aberystwyth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Llanrhystyd Road
 
 
Llanilar
 
 
 
Felindyffryn Halt
 
 
Llanidloes
Trawscoed
 
 
 
Caradog Falls Halt
 
 
 
 
 
 
Llangurig
 
 
 
 
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
 
 
 
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
 
 
Bronwydd Arms
 
Abergwili Junction
 
 
 
Carmarthen Town
 
 
Carmarthen