Cardigan railway station

Cardigan
Goods train at Cardigan railway station in 1962
General information
Location	Cardigan, Ceredigion Wales
Coordinates	52°04′51″N 4°39′24″W / 52.0808°N 4.6567°W / 52.0808; -4.6567
Grid reference	SN180458
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Whitland and Cardigan Railway
Pre-grouping	Whitland and Cardigan Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
31 August 1886	Station opens
10 September 1962	Station closes to passengers
27 May 1963	Line closes to goods

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 Vale Railway, and later familiarly as the 'Cardi Bach', was built between 1869 and 1873. With the extension to Cardigan opening in 1886, operations were taken over by the Great Western Railway.^[1]

Situated on the south side of the River Teifi, the arrival of the railway to Cardigan saw a gradual decline of trade from the port, with goods thereafter travelling on the railway.

The railway station closed to passengers on 10 September 1962 (prior to the Beeching Axe) but remained open to goods traffic until 27 May 1963. After that date the station remained open as a coal depot until April 1965, staffed by British Railways staff until November 1964. Final closure came on 6 September 1965.^[2] The old goods shed marks the site of the former station.

The section of old trackbed between Cardigan and Cilgerran is now a footway and cycle path through Teifi Marshes and Wildlife Park.