Gwili Railway

Gwili Railway
Rheilffordd Gwili

The official logo of the Gwili Railway

Vulcan Foundry Austerity 0-6-0ST 'Haulwen' at Bronwydd Arms
LocaleWales Wales
TerminusDanycoed Halt
Abergwili Junction
Coordinates51°53′30″N 4°18′03″W / 51.89155°N 4.30077°W / 51.89155; -4.30077
Commercial operations
NameCarmarthen and Cardigan Railway
Original gauge7 ft 14 in (2,140 mm) Brunel gauge
Preserved operations
Operated byGwili Railway Co. Ltd
Stations4
Length4.50 miles (7.24 km)
Preserved gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Commercial history
Opened1860
1872Converted to
4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
1881Absorbed by Great Western Railway
1973Closed
Preservation history
1978Taken over by the preservation society
1987Llwyfan Cerrig reached
1988Llwyfan Cerrig station officially opened
2001Opening of extension to Danycoed
2002Work starts on extension to Carmarthen North
2008Gwili Railway marks 30 years to the day of Re-opening
2009Gwili Railway purchases Llanpumpsaint train station site (completely).
2011Gwili is Awarded for fully restored GWR-Style crossing gates at Bronwydd Arms itself.
2017Opening of extension to new station at Abergwili Junction.
2023Abergwili Junction officially opened.
HeadquartersBronwydd Arms
Gwili Railway
Pencader Tunnel (
985 yd
901 m
)
Llanpumpsaint
Danycoed Halt
Llwyfan Cerrig
Nant Cwmdwyfran
Bronwydd Arms
B4301
Nant Tinc
Abergwili Junction
Carmarthen Eastern by-pass
(A40) over River Towy
Carmarthen
National Rail

The Gwili Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Gwili) is a Welsh heritage railway, that operates a preserved standard gauge railway line from the site of Abergwili Junction (near Carmarthen) in southwest Wales along a four-and-a-half-mile (7.2 km) section of the former Carmarthen to Aberystwyth line. The original railway closed in 1965, with the track being lifted in 1975.