Llandyssul railway station

Llandyssul (previously Llandyssil) was a railway station near the village of Llandysul, West Wales, on the originally broad gauge Teifi Valley line of the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway.

Llandyssul
The site of Llandyssul Station in 2011
General information
Location	Llandysul, Carmarthenshire Wales
Coordinates	52.0354°N 4.3174°W / 52.0354; -4.3174
Grid reference	SN411399
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
3 June 1864[1]	Station opened as Llandyssil
17 December 1918	Station renamed Llandyssul
15 September 1952[1]	Station closed
1973	Line closed
Location

History

The old stationmaster's house overlooking the bypass built on the course of the old railway.

The Teifi Valley Railway was originally conceived as a 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) broad-gauge line between Carmarthen and Cardigan. The line was opened temporarily in 1860, under the South Wales Railway and was fully opened the following year. It was operated by the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway between Carmarthen and Cynwyl Elfed. In 1864, the line was extended to Pencader and Llandysul.

It was converted to standard gauge (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)) by 1872. However, the company was bankrupt. The line was purchased by the Great Western Railway and extended to a terminus at Newcastle Emlyn in 1895,^[2] The GWR did not build the line on to Cardigan and Newcastle Emlyn remained the terminus.

Although passenger services ceased in 1952, goods services continued until 1973 because of the milk train services to the Co-operative Group creamery at Newcastle Emlyn.^[3]

The station has been destroyed by the building of a bypass. The old station had a stationmaster's house, cattle pens, a large goods shed, weighing machine, a signal box, etc.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Pentrecourt Platform		Newcastle Emlyn Branch Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway		Pencader