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 | |
| Location | Trawsgoed, Ceredigion Wales |
| Coordinates | 52°20′06″N 3°57′33″W / 52.3351°N 3.9591°W |
| Grid reference | SN666725 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Manchester and Milford Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 12 August 1867[1] | Opened |
| 14 December 1964[1] | Closed |
History
editThe 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.
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
edit- Notes
- ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 233.
- ^ a b "Trawscoed Railway Station, Crosswood (41347)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved : 2012-09-25
- ^ Details of Trawscoed Station
- ^ Google Forum Retrieved : 2012-09-25
- Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
Further reading
edit- Holden, J.S. (1979, revised 2nd edition 2007): The Manchester & Milford Railway, Oakwood Press, ISBN 978-0-85361-658-0
External links
edit- Video of Trawscoed Station
- Set of Trawscoed Station photographs
- Trawscoed Station
- Station view in 2006
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