Date: 23/09/2020

Reopening the Aberystwyth-Carmarthen railway would cost significantly less than thought, a report by campaign group Traws Link Cymru has claimed. They claim that the cost of reopening the Aberystwyth to Carmarthen railway could be reduced to around £620 million, 20% less than the Wesh Governments £775m price tag.

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Reopening Aberystwyth-Carmarthen railway would cost significantly less than thought

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Reopening the Aberystwyth-Carmarthen railway would cost significantly less than thought, a report by campaign group Traws Link Cymru has claimed. They claim that the cost of reopening the Aberystwyth to Carmarthen railway could be reduced to around £620 million, 20% less than the Wesh Governments £775m price tag. The report,

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A photograph thought to have been taken in late February or early March 1967 at Aberystwyth, showing Standard Class 4 4-6-0 no 75033 with the down Cambrian Coast Express see image [[26171]]. The last steam hauled CCE ran a short time later on 4 March 1967.
Location: Aberystwyth
Company: Aberystwyth and Welch Coast Railway
//1967 Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

A tranquil sunlit summer's evening in Carmarthen in 1971. This graceful bridge over the River Tywi carried the freight branch to Lampeter and Felin Fach, which closed two years later. See image [[38211]]
Location: Carmarthen
Company: Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway
//1971 David Spaven

First view of the Gwili Railway from coach from Ferryside station on the GWR main line to Bronwydd Arms, courtesy of UK Railtours, on 9th June 2018, looking north. The location is about 3/4 of a mile south of Bronwydd Arms. This is the track of the heritage railway's southern extension to Abergwili Junction, opened just under a year earlier, on 1st July 2017. The afon/river Gwili can be made out amongst the trees and bushes on the right.
Location: Bronwydd Arms
Company: Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway
09/06/2018 David Bosher

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