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Carmarthen

Location type

Major station

Name and dates

Carmarthen (1902-)

Station code: CMN National Rail
Where: Carmarthenshire, Wales
Opened on the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway.
Opened on the South Wales Railway.

Nearby stations Carmarthen [1st] Carmarthen Junction Abergwili Junction [Station] Abergwili Bronwydd Arms Whitemill Llwyfan Cerrig Danycoed Halt Conwil Sarnau Nantgaredig Llanpumpsaint Ferryside Llanarthney Ponthenry	Carmarthen Bridge Junction Myrtle Hill Junction Carmarthen Bascule Bridge Carmarthen Shed Carmarthen Goods Abergwili Junction Ferryside Watertroughs Mynydd-y-Gareg Goods Mynydd-y-Gareg Colliery Pentremawr Colliery Tyn-y-wan Colliery Puin-ewart Coliery Pontyberem Colliery Mine Pwll-y-llygod Wharf
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

/ /1852	South Wales Railway Opened to Carmarthen, built to the 7 foot gauge and required trans-shipment where it was met with lines from Monmouth and Glamorgan.

News items

23/10/2023	Cardiff - Edinburgh open access train service proposal under development [Railway Gazette]
01/01/2023	The defunct Edinburgh train that let holidaymakers travel with their car [edinburghlive]
15/12/2022	Rail boss aims to do Stirling job with new open-access service [The Times]
01/12/2022	Regulator approves new Grand Union train service from Carmarthen to London Paddington [ORR]
23/09/2020	Reopening Aberystwyth-Carmarthen railway would cost significantly less than thought [Nation Cymru]
02/07/2017	Gwili Steam Railway: Full steam ahead for track opening [BBC News]
19/10/2016	Â£300k for Aberystwyth-Carmarthen railway line study [BBC News]
16/01/2015	Rail link bid for Aberystwyth and Carmarthen outlined at meeting [BBC News]

Books

A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: South Wales v. 12 (Regional railway history series)