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
A goods train at Cardigan in 1962, shunted by GWR 4575 Class No. 5520
Cardigan station in 1962 looking west
Cardigan railway station
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Cardigan railway station in the county town of Cardigan, Ceredigion was the terminus of the Whitland and Cardigan Railway, opened on 31 August 1886. The line, previously known as the Whitland and Taf
Whitland and Cardigan Railway
…predecessors and it was found to damage the light track structure in use. On 2 August 1877, the company obtained authorisation to extend the line to Cardigan, by the Whitland and Taf Vale (Cardigan Extension) Railway Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. clxxxv); the company name was changed to the Whitland and Cardigan…
Part of the trackbed of the former Whitland & Cardigan railway near Cardigan (the church can be seen in the distance). It is now an all-ability path.