Mawddwy Railway
| Locale | Wales |
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| Dates of operation | 1867 & 1911–1908 & 1951 |
| Successor | abandoned |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Length | 6 3⁄4 miles (10.9 km) |
| Headquarters | ? |
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The Mawddwy Railway was a rural line in the Dovey Valley in mid-Wales that connected Dinas Mawddwy with a junction at Cemmaes Road railway station on the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway section of the Cambrian Railways.
Despite being only 6 miles 63 chain (10.9 km) long, there were three intermediate stations at Cemmaes, Aberangell (where it linked to the Hendre-Ddu Tramway) and Mallwyd.
Three parallel veins of Ordovicianslate run through mid Wales. These veins near the surface at three locations - around Abergynolwyn in the west, surrounding Corris, and at their easternmost in the district around Dinas Mawddwy. Each of these locations has been a centre for slate quarrying, although Corris was the largest producer of the three.
By 1854, the slate quarries at Dinas Mawddwy were employing a significant number of people. At the same time, a new Lord of the manor of Dinas Mawddwy was installed, Edmund Buckley. He sponsored the building of a railway to connect the slate quarries at Dinas Mawddwy with the recently authorised Newtown and Machynlleth Railway line, at Cemmes Road - anglicanised in name so that it would not be confused by passengers with the MR's nearby Cemmaes station.
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