Ammanford (GWR) railway station
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This article is about the former GWR station in Ammanford. For the current station see Ammanford railway station
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Ammanford railway station, served the town of Ammanford, West
Wales
. Opened as Cross Inn by the Llanelly Railway, the station was the main one in the town until it closed, leaving the current Ammanford station providing trains for the area.
, staying with that company during the Grouping
of 1923. The station then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways
on nationalisation in 1948.
The station was then closed by the British Transport Commission
.
Ammanford railway station
Ammanford railway station serves the town of Ammanford in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Situated 12 miles north of Swansea on today's Heart of Wales Line, the station was first opened in 1841 as a temporary terminus of the Llanelly Railway's line to Llandeilo , making it one of the country's earliest...
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Ammanford railway station, served the town of Ammanford, West
West Wales
West Wales is the western area of Wales.Some definitions of West Wales include only Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, an area which historically comprised the Welsh principality of Deheubarth., an area called "South West Wales" in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics....
Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. Opened as Cross Inn by the Llanelly Railway, the station was the main one in the town until it closed, leaving the current Ammanford station providing trains for the area.
History
Opened by the Llanelly Railway, then by the Great Western RailwayGreat Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
, staying with that company during the Grouping
Railways Act 1921
The Railways Act 1921, also known as the Grouping Act, was an enactment by the British government of David Lloyd George intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition, and to retain some of the benefits which...
of 1923. The station then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways
Western Region of British Railways
The Western Region was a region of British Railways from 1948. The region ceased to be an operating unit in its own right in the 1980s and was wound up at the end of 1992...
on nationalisation in 1948.
The station was then closed by the British Transport Commission
British Transport Commission
The British Transport Commission was created by Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government as a part of its nationalisation programme, to oversee railways, canals and road freight transport in Great Britain...
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