Trawscoed railway station | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Trawsgoed,Ceredigion Wales | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°20′06″N3°57′33″W / 52.3351°N 3.9591°W /52.3351; -3.9591 | ||||
| Grid reference | SN666725 | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Manchester and Milford Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 12 August 1867[1] | Opened | ||||
| 14 December 1964[1] | Closed | ||||
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Trawscoed railway station[2] was located on theCarmarthen to Aberystwyth Line (originally called theManchester and Milford Railway before being transferred to theGWR). 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 ofTrawsgoed is located nearby.
The station opened in August 1867 to serve Trawsgoed Estate. The station closed in December 1964 when services were truncated atStrata Florida, following flood damage to the line atLlanilar. 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 theNational Library of Wales on 8 August.[3]
The station building was used as acoal merchant office after the line closed.[4]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Caradog Falls | Great Western Railway Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line | Felindyffryn Halt | ||
