Ty-coch Halt railway station

Ty-coch Halt
General information
LocationKidwelly, Carmarthenshire
Wales
Coordinates51°43′49″N 4°18′19″W / 51.7303°N 4.3054°W / 51.7303; -4.3054
Grid referenceSN408060
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
British Railways
Key dates
By September 1927[1]Station opened
By May 1949[1]Station closed

Ty-coch Halt railway station, Ty Coch Halt railway station or Tycoch Halt railway station had been opened by 1927 to passenger services for miners use only.[1][2] A halt is however marked on the 1913 OS map.[2] It was opened by the Great Western Railway and served the colliers from the Kidwelly area working at the collieries in the Gwendraeth Valley between 1927 and 1949; several basic halts were opened on the Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway in Carmarthenshire, Wales, however most were also opened to public use.[3]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Butt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Carmarthenshire, LIII.8, Revised: 1913, Published: 1915
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference CSR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).