Gwili Railway

Wales’ first standard-gauge heritage railway, reopened in 1978 on the Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line, the last in Wales to lose Brunel’s broad gauge, and now four and a half miles up the Gwili valley.

The Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway opened to Brunel’s broad gauge from Carmarthen to Conwil in 1860, and the route became part of the Great Western’s long, meandering line to Aberystwyth, the last in Wales to be converted to standard gauge, in 1872. Floods cut the line near Aberystwyth in December 1964, passenger trains ended in 1965 and the track was lifted in 1975. The preserved railway runs north from Abergwili Junction near Carmarthen up the Gwili valley through Bronwydd Arms.

Stations

1. 0 kmAbergwili Junction
2. 3 kmBronwydd Arms
3. 6 kmDanycoed

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

Along the way

• Abergwili Junction
• Bronwydd Arms
• Llwyfan Cerrig
• The Gwili valley to Danycoed

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1052142 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
• Wikipedia has an article for this line

Questions and answers

How long is the Gwili Railway?

The Gwili Railway runs 6 km from Abergwili Junction to Danycoed.

How long does the Gwili Railway take?

Over the 6 km, the fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 15 min (round trip). The line's top service speed is 40 km/h.

Who runs the Gwili Railway?

Gwili Railway, with Industrial steam & heritage diesel.

How old is the Gwili Railway?

The line has been in service since 1978. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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