Trawscoed railway station

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.

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

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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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