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Trawscoed railway station

Former railway station in Wales

52°20′06″N 3°57′33″W / 52.3351°N 3.9591°W / 52.3351; -3.9591Grid referenceSN666725Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyManchester and Milford RailwayPre-groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates12 August 1867^[1]Opened14 December 1964^[1]Closed

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.

History

The 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

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.