| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Saundersfoot |
| Locale | Wales |
| Dates of operation | 1829–1939 |
| Successor | abandoned |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft (1,219 mm) |
The Saundersfoot Railway was a Welsh industrial narrow-gauge railway in Pembrokeshire, Wales, built between 1830 and 1834, to connect Saundersfoot harbour to the local coal mines. It opened on 1 March 1834 and within a few years it comprised a small network of over 4 miles (6.4 km) along the coast from Saundersfoot to Wisemans Bridge and on to the collieries at Stepaside and Kilgetty, and later, running inland to Thomas Chapel near Begelly.[1]
It provides the first example in Pembrokeshire of the joint construction of a harbour and tramway, and remained independent until it closed in 1939.[2]