The Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway was a 7 ft 1⁄4 in broad gauge railway line in Wales that was intended to connect Carmarthen on the South Wales Railway with Cardigan. In fact, it was unable to rais
Conwil railway station (1962)
Model of Etna in Swansea Maritime Museum
The Whitland and Cardigan Railway was a 27.5-mile long branch line in West Wales. It was built in two stages, at first as the Whitland and Taf Vale Railway from the South Wales Main Line at Whitland t
Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway
…up any hope of reaching Cardigan, and after acquisition by the Great Western Railway the GWR too was unwilling to complete the connection. In 1869 the Whitland and Taf Vale Railway obtained the Whitland and Taf Vale Railway Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. xci) giving authorisation to build a branch line from Whitland to quarries around…
A goods train at Cardigan in 1962, shunted by GWR 4575 Class No. 5520
Cardigan station in 1962 looking west