Teifi Valley Railway
| Teifi Valley Railway Rheilffordd Dyffryn Teifi |
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| Motor Rail Sammy at the original GWR station site in Henllan in 2002. | |
| Locale | Wales |
| Terminus | Henllan |
| Commercial operations | |
| Name | Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway |
| Built by | South Wales Railway |
| Original gauge | 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) Brunel gauge |
| Preserved operations | |
| Owned by | The Teifi Valley Railway Ltd / Teifi Valley Railway Society |
| Operated by | Teifi Valley Railway Ltd |
| Stations | 5 |
| Length | Was 2 miles (3.2 km) until 2014. Up to 6 miles (9.7 km) is currently planned. |
| Preserved gauge | 2 ft (610 mm) |
| Commercial history | |
| Opened | 1860 |
| 1872 | converted to 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Closed | 1973 |
| Preservation history | |
| 1981 | Track bed bought by Dyfed Railway Company Ltd. |
| 1983 | Reopened to Pontprenshitw. |
| 1987 | Reopened to Llandyfriog |
| 2006 | Reopened to Llandyfriog Riverside - since renamed Pontgoch |
| 2014 | Closed for rail services |
| 2016 | Reopened for rail services |
| 2016 | Reopened to Forest Halt |
Coordinates: 52°02′10″N 4°24′40″W / 52.036°N 4.411°W
The Teifi Valley Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Dyffryn Teifi) is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway hoping to operate between Pentrcwrt and Newcastle Emlyn along the River Teifi, West Wales. It is a tourist railway built on the GWR part of the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway and operated on about two miles of track. A new platform was constructed at Henllan, on the original GWR location, from where the service had been planned to continue to Newcastle Emlyn and, eventually, to Pentrecwrt. Trains ran up to 2014 from Henllan station to Pont Goch (Red Bridge; formerly Llandyfriog Riverside).
The Teifi Valley Railway was originally conceived as a 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) Brunel gauge line between Carmarthen and Cardigan. The line was opened temporarily in 1860, under the South Wales Railway and was fully opened the following year. It was operated by the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway between Carmarthen and Cynwyl Elfed. In 1864, the line was extended to Pencader and Llandysul and, by 1872, had been converted to 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. By this time though, the line was bankrupt. Eventually the line was bought by the Great Western Railway which extended the terminus to Newcastle Emlyn. Passenger trains ceased to operate in 1952 and, in 1973 when freight services discontinued, the line was closed and dismantled. All that was left were platforms, bridges and a tunnel.
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