Henllan was a

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near the village of Henllan, Ceredigion,

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, serving the hamlet and the rural locale.

History

Railway Bridge over Afon Cynllo - geograph

The Teifi Valley Railway was originally operated by the

Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway The Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway was a broad gauge railway line in Wales that was intended to connect Carmarthen on the South Wales Railway with Cardigan. In fact, it was unable to raise the necessary capital and was loss-making from the time ...

between Carmarthen and Cynwyl Elfed. In 1864, the line was extended to Pencader and Llandysul. The line was purchased by the

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...

(GWR) and extended to a terminus at Newcastle Emlyn in 1895. The GWR did not build the line on to Cardigan and Newcastle Emlyn remained the terminus. Henllan station had a goods yard with cattle pens, a passing loop and two platforms. Although passenger services ceased in 1952, goods services continued until 1973 because of the milk train services to the Co-operative Group

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at Newcastle Emlyn.

The Teifi Valley Railway (TVR)

A group of railway enthusiasts bought the old trackbed at Henllan and, in 1983, laid a gauge track. The

Teifi Valley Railway The Teifi Valley Railway (Welsh: ''Rheilffordd Dyffryn Teifi'') is a narrow gauge railway occupying a section of the former standard gauge Great Western Railway line between Llandysul and Newcastle Emlyn. After the closure of the former line b ...

line originally ran from Henllan to Pontprenshitw, however in 1987 the line was extended as far as Llandyfriog and, since 2006, has been further extended to the current end of the line, known as Llandyfriog Riverside. In 2009, work proceeded to return the location of Henllan station to its original site and the platform was opened again to passenger use in July 2009.

Notes

References

* * Holden, John S. Holden (2007). ''The Manchester & Milford Railway''. The Oakwood Press. .

External links

Henllan Station
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