Pentrecourt Platform railway station
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Pentrecourt Platform[1] | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Pentrecwrt, Carmarthen Wales | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°01′41″N 4°21′08″W / 52.0280°N 4.3523°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SN3871239239 | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 February 1912[1] | Station opened | ||||
| 15 September 1952[1] | Station closed | ||||
| 1973 | Line closed | ||||
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Pentrecourt Platform was a minor railway station near the village of Pentrecwrt, West Wales, on the originally broad gauge Teifi Valley line of the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway. The halt opened in 1912 to serve the old Alltycefn Woollen Mill and the village, lying some 5 miles and 21 chains from the junction at Pencader and situated between the villages of Llandysul and Henllan.[2]
The Teifi Valley Railway was originally conceived as a 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) broad-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.
Converted to standard gauge (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)) by 1872, however the company was bankrupt. The line was purchased by the Great Western Railway and extended to a terminus at Newcastle Emlyn in 1895,[3] The GWR did not build the line on to Cardigan and Newcastle Emlyn remained the terminus.
Although passenger services ceased in 1952, goods services continued until 1973 because of the milk train services to the Co-operative Group creamery.[4]
