Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line

Former railway line in Wales

Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line

Overview
Status| mostly disused; some reused by Gwili Railway
Locale| Wales
Termini|

* Aberystwyth
* Carmarthen

History
Opened| 1860 (Carmarthen to Cynwyl Elfed)
Track lifted| 1975
Closed|

* 1965 (passenger service and Aberaeron to Green Grove siding to all traffic)
* 1970 (Pont Llanio creamery to Lampeter, Aberaeron Junction)
* 1973 (Green Grove siding to Carmarthen)
* 1975 (Tracks lifted)

Technical
Track gauge| 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Old gauge| 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) (Carmarthen to Llandyssul)

Route map

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Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line

Legend

| Aberystwyth |  |

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| Cambrian

Line
to Machynlleth

& Shrewsbury

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| Vale of Rheidol Railway

(narrow gauge)

Llanrhystyd Road |  |

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Llanilar |  |

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| Mid-Wales Railway

to Shrewsbury

Felindyffryn Halt |  |

|  | Llanidloes
Trawscoed |  |

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| Mid-Wales Railway

to Builth Wells

Caradog Falls Halt |  |

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| Llangurig branch

(never saw use)

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|  | Llangurig
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| unbuilt connection

15 miles (24 km)

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|  | Strata Florida
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|  | Alltddu Halt
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|  | Tregaron
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|  | Pont Llanio
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|  | Olmarch Halt
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Aberaeron branch

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|  | Derry Ormond
Newcastle Emlyn |  |

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Pontgoch |  |

|  | Lampeter

| Teifi Valley Railway

(narrow gauge)

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Henllan |  |

|  | Pencarreg Halt

Alltycefn Tunnel

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|  | Llanybydder
Pentrecourt Platform |  |

|  | Maesycrugiau
Llandyssul |  |

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|  | Pencader Junction
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|  | Pencader
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Pencader Tunnel | 985 yd

901 m

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|  | Llanpumpsaint
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|  | Conwil
Danycoed Halt |  |

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Llwyfan Cerrig |  |

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Gwili Railway

Bronwydd Arms |  |

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Abergwili Junction |  |

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Heart of Wales line

Carmarthen Town |  |

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River Gwili

Carmarthen |  |

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| West Wales Line

to Swansea

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The Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line was originally a standard-gauge branch line of the Great Western Railway (GWR) in Wales, connecting Carmarthen and Aberystwyth.

It is now also a proposed railway link from Carmarthen railway station to Aberystwyth railway station, with five new proposed stations at Pencader, Llanybydder, Lampeter, Tregaron and Llanilar, with an estimated cost of around £620 million.

At Carmarthen, the line connected with the GWR mainline from London Paddington to Fishguard. At Aberystwyth, the line connected with the Cambrian Line. The line also had connecting branches to Aberaeron, Llandeilo and Newcastle Emlyn.

As a result of floods and the Beeching Axe, the line was entirely closed to passengers in February 1965. Freight traffic from Pont Llanio creamery (near Tregaron) to Aberaeron Junction (near Lampeter) ended in 1970; that from Green Grove siding (between Aberaeron and Lampeter) and from Newcastle Emlyn to Carmarthen ended in September 1973. The track was lifted in 1975, except for a short section at Bronwydd Arms station which was to be used by the Gwili Railway Preservation Society for its heritage train operation.

## History

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### Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway

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Main article: Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway

The first section of line between Carmarthen and Conwil was opened in 1860 by the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway. This was extended by the original company to Llandyssul and eventually to Newcastle Emlyn, by the GWR in the 1890s, but never reached Cardigan. The section from Carmarthen to Llandyssul was built as a broad-gauge route, with a third standard-gauge line added as far as Pencader Junction later, after the M&MR line was built.

### Manchester and Milford Railway

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Main article: Manchester and Milford Railway

The Manchester and Milford Railway was an ambitious proposal to connect Manchester and the industrialised Midlands and Northwest England with the docks at Milford Haven. This was a standard gauge line using the LNWR and Midland Railway metals (the M&MR would have connected with the Mid-Wales Railway at Llanidloes) and then, via a junction at Strata Florida, with the C&CR at Pencader. Trains would then have run on the C&CR to Carmarthen before connecting to the Pembroke and Tenby Railway for connection to the deepwater port at Milford Haven. The plan was that, combined with industrial traffic from South Wales, Milford Haven could "provide the Lancashire cotton industry with [an] alternative port to Liverpool."[1][2]

The Llangurig branch as built

The scheme ran into financial difficulties. The simplest section had been constructed first which meant that it faced undertaking the toughest engineering challenge – the line between Llanidloes and Strata Florida – when the money was running out. Though it started on the Llangurig branch, diverging from the Mid-Wales Railway at Penpontbren Junction, and got as far as Llangurig, it was decided, in 1865, instead to simply divert the Lampeter route to Aberystwyth rather than build it through the mountains, abandoning the hope for a strategic route. It has been suggested that the bankruptcy of Thomas Savin, renowned Welsh railway engineer and investor, in the 1860s, may have been partly involved as it was with the failure of several other Welsh railway projects.[citation needed][3] It opened this modified through line in 1867 and remained independent until taken over by the Great Western Railway by 1911.

The initial 1861 route survey (which had parliamentary approval) and a later 1864 route were locally controversial.[2] The unbuilt section between Strata Florida and the railhead of the Llangurig branch would have been through very mountainous terrain, although only 15 miles (24 km) in length as the crow flies.

### Closure

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The line closed in two stages – Aberystwyth to Strata Florida closed prematurely in December 1964 when a section of the line one mile east of Llanilar was damaged by floods from the adjacent River Ystwyth. The remaining southern section closed to passengers in February 1965, as part of a nationwide process of railway closures and system rationalisation in the wake of the Beeching Report (see Beeching Cuts). Goods traffic continued in the form of milk trains from Carmarthen to Pont Llanio (between Lampeter and Tregaron) and the Felin Fach creamery (on the Aberaeron branch line) using Class 35 Hymek haulage until 1970, and with Class 37 haulage until the line closure in 1973.

## Current status

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Disused railway bridge over the River Gwili on the former Carmarthen to Aberystwyth line

### Gwili Railway

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In 1974–75, the Gwili Railway was founded, and within three years, began operating over a mile long section of the line from Bronwydd Arms, north of Carmarthen.

The line was extended farther up the valley to Llwyfan Cerrig in 1987, crossing the River Gwili en route, and a further half a mile to Danycoed Halt in 2001. Since then (with the completion of the preserved line's southern extension to Abergwili in July 2017), over four miles of track have been restored, and the Gwili Railway currently runs from a new station called Abergwili Junction to Danycoed Halt.

The Gwili Railway intends eventually to restore the line northwards to Llanpumsaint.[4]

### Disused railway

[edit]

In the north, parts of the trackbed from Aberystwyth to Trawsgoed, plus Ystrad Meurig via the Strata Florida station site to just south of the former Allt-ddu halt on Tregaron Bog (adjacent to the B4343 road) have been incorporated into the Ystwyth Trail cycle route. However, the section of trackbed from Trawsgoed station to just south of Ystrad Meurig including the tunnel adjacent to the former Caradog Falls halt is unavailable, being mostly in private ownership. On the Ystwyth Trail eastward from Llanilar to Trawsgoed, the flooding damage which caused closure of the line in December 1964 can be seen.

During the mid-1990s, a narrow-gauge railway was unsuccessfully proposed by the Ystwyth Valley Preservation Society – based on reopening a section of route from Llanilar to Llanfarian. Some items of standard-gauge rolling stock were moved into Llanilar station yard at the time – including an LNER compartment coach plus some 4-wheel tank wagons.

Quantities of trackbed and bridge abutments remain along the route, although some parts have been farmed over. Other surviving remains include, from north to south:

* Llanrhystyd Road Nothing remains.
* Llanilar station platforms – with remains of GWR fencing. The waiting room was removed to nearby Plas Llidiarddau where it is used for garden storage. Much has been replaced but the fundamental structure is well maintained. (In private ownership and not accessible.)[citation needed]
* Felindyffryn The letters of the old Felindyffryn Halt sign are kept in storage by a local family.
* Trawscoed: the station survived more or less intact for many years, in a coal merchant's yard, but more recently the site has been cleared and redeveloped for housing.[5]
* Caradog Falls Halt, intact but surrounded by private property. (Could not be located in October 2019.)
* Strata Florida: station house, advertised as a self-catering holiday let.[6]
* Alltddu Halt. Nothing remains.[7]
* Tregaron station shelter, adjacent to Tregaron hospital, is now a viewing shelter for the Tregaron Horse Club (but could not be located in October 2019); also, a GWR pagoda shelter remains on a farm near Tregaron High School.
* Pont Llanio: A GWR 1930s cast-iron water tank is located next to the road bridge and the site of a former creamery.
* Olmarch Halt: Parts of the GWR halt platform remain under a minor road bridge east of the A485 road.
* Llangybi: A road overbridge crosses the line.
* Derry Ormond station building and platform remain at the end of a narrow road from the village of Betws Bledrws— one of only two station buildings surviving on the line.
* Lampeter goods shed—the only surviving railway related building in Lampeter. A large steel and concrete bridge across the River Teifi remains, adjacent to the A482 road south of Lampeter.
* Llanybydder Llanybydder railway station is now the village rugby club. A road bridge also crosses the old line.
* Maesycrugiau A bridge crosses over the line and the old platforms are visible from a distance on private land.
* Bryn Teifi Bryn Teifi tunnel and platform were made accessible to the public in spring 2014.
* Pencader: A steel overbridge remains over the road between Pencader and Llandysul
* Pencader Tunnel – The southern portal remains accessible from a forestry plantation road which joins a minor road between Pencader and Llanpumpsaint.
* Llanpumpsaint: An overbridge remains over the road through the village.
* Cynwyl Elfed station platforms and some rolling stock are owned by the Gwili Railway.

## Stations

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Named from north to south, unless otherwise stated:

Bryn Teifi station in 1962

### Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway

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* Newcastle Emlyn
* Henllan
* Pentrecourt platform
* Llandyssul
* Pencader – junction with Manchester and Milford Railway
* Llanpumsaint
* Cynwyl Elfed
* Llwyfan Cerrig
* Bronwydd Arms
* Carmarthen – junction with South Wales Railway, still open

### Manchester and Milford Railway

[edit]

* Aberystwyth – owned by the Cambrian Railways, junction with Vale of Rheidol Railway, still open
* Llanrhystyd Road
* Llanilar
* Trawsgoed
* Strata Florida Location of proposed triangle for northern route to Llangurig
* Alltddu Later site of a small GWR halt
* Tregaron
* Pont Llanio Site of the now closed Milk Creamery that would keep the line open north of Lampeter until 1970 – located near to village of Llanddewi-Brefi
* Olmarch Halt Later site of a small GWR halt
* Llangybi Small halt located between two road bridges
* Derry Ormond railway station Near to village of Betws Bledrws
* Lampeter Junction station for the Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
* Llanybydder
* Maesycrugiau
* Bryn Teifi formerly New Quay Road
* Pencader – junction with Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway

### Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway

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Main article: Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway

#### Constructed

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Stations along the line included:>

* Aberaeron
* Llanerch Aeron Halt: Location of junction of proposed branch to New Quay
* Crossways Halt
* Ciliau Aeron Halt
* Felin Fach (near Ystrad Aeron): Later site of the Green Grove creamery that would keep the line open for freight only until 1973. The station building has been moved to Llwynfan Cerrig, Gwili Railway
* Talsarn Halt
* Blaenplwyf Halt: Summit of the line
* Silian Halt
* Lampeter

#### Proposed

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* Aberaeron Junction
* Oakford: Proposed intermediate station
* Llanarth: Summit of the proposed line
* Gilfachreda: Proposed Intermediate Station
* New Quay: Terminus of the proposed line

## Reopening

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Main article: North–South Wales railway

Official talks of reopening started in 2014, when First Minister Carwyn Jones shared his support towards the reopening,[8] and it was adopted as an official policy of the Welsh Liberal Democrats.[9] The next two years were followed by support from Carmarthenshire County Council, Ceredigion County Council, the Minister for Science, Economy and Transport (Welsh Government) and Plaid Cymru.[10] Official talks and meeting included Stephen Crabb MP, Secretary of State for Wales and James Price, Director General, Economy, Science and Transport (Welsh Government) shortly followed by the AECOM report.[11] There have been several support, funding and help pledges.

In October 2016, the Welsh government announced it would be allocating £300,000 towards funding a feasibility report into re-opening the railway as part of the draft 2017–18 budget.[12] The study is being carried out by engineering consultancy Mott MacDonald and began in September 2017.[13] Subsequently, Ken Skates, the Welsh Transport Minister consulted the Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps, explaining that the reopening of the line was important to revitalise the Welsh economy following the COVID-19 pandemic.[14]

In October 2018, the Welsh Government published the full feasibility study which showed that there were no major obstacles to reopening, and that the project would cost up to £775m although this was subject to a number of unknown further costs being determined such as the crossing of Trawscoed Bog.[15] In September 2020, this was revised to £620 million by the campaign group Traws Link Cymru.[16]

## See also

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* List of never used railways

## References

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1. ^ "(Context of) Thomas Edward Owen (Manchester and Milford Railway) Papers". Archives Wales, National Library of Wales. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
2. ^ a b "The Railway across Cros Caron". Pontrhydfendigaid.
3. ^ "Railways that never were". uk.railway discussion group at Google Groups. January 2007. [user-generated source?]
4. ^ "Gwili Steam Railway: History". Gwili Steam Railway Company (a community-supported commercial enterprise). Archived from the original on 27 May 2011.
5. ^ Site visit on 5 October 2019.
6. ^ "Ystrad Meurig, Holiday Cottage near Tregaron, Ceredigion, Wales". Retrieved 13 November 2021.
7. ^ Site visit on 5 October 2019.
8. ^ "First Minister Shows his support". Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
9. ^ "Welsh Lib Dems Signal Support for Reopening". Welsh Liberal Democrats. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
10. ^ "Plaid Cymru Support". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. – note the 5th paragraph down
11. ^ "AECOM Report" (PDF). Traws Link Cymru. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2020.
12. ^ Higgs, David. "Carmarthen to Aberystwyth rail links a step closer after funding pledge". South Wales Evening Post. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
13. ^ Betteley, Chris (28 August 2017). "Aberystwyth-Carmarthen railway feasibility study to begin next month". Cambrian News. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
14. ^ "Call for new Carno station and reintroduction of Aberystwyth to Carmarthen line". Cambrian News. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2021.[permanent dead link]
15. ^ "New hope for reopening Aberystwyth-Carmarthen rail line". BBC News. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
16. ^ Davies, Dylan (23 September 2020). "Aberystwyth to Carmarthen railway line would cost £620 million". Cambrian News. Retrieved 25 January 2021.[permanent dead link]

## External links

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* Manchester and Milford Railway at Railscot (railbrit co.uk)
* Report of an accident on a level crossing, south of Tregaron station in 1953
* Hepworth, Carys. A look back at the Aberystwyth-Carmarthen railway line. BBC News Wales (2016)

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Historic Welsh railway companies

Great Western
Railway|

* Aberdare Railway
* Aberdare Valley Railway
* Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway
* Alexandra Docks and Railway
* Bala and Dolgelly Railway
* Bala and Festiniog Railway
* Barry Dock and Railway
* Barry Railway
* Blaenavon Tramroad
* Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway
* Brecon and Merthyr Railway
* Bridgend Railway
* Bristol and South Wales Union Railway
* Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway
* Cambrian Railways
* Cardiff Railway
* Cardiff and Ogmore Railway
* Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway
* Carmarthenshire Railway or Tramroad
* Clarbeston Road and Letterston Railway
* Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway
* Corris Railway
* Corwen and Bala Railway
* Denbigh, Ruthin and Corwen Railway
* Ely and Clydach Valleys Railway
* Ely Valley Railway
* Ely Valley Extension Railway
* Gwendraeth Valleys Railway
* Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway
* Kington Tramway
* Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
* Llancaiach Branch
* Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway
* Llanidloes and Newtown Railway
* Llangollen and Corwen Railway
* Llangurig branch
* Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway
* Llynvi and Ogmore Railway
* Maerdy Branch
* Manchester and Milford Railway
* Mawddwy Railway
* Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway
* Mid-Wales Railway
* Monmouth and Hereford Railway
* Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
* Narberth Road and Maenclochog Railway
* Neath and Brecon Railway
* Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway
* Newtown and Machynlleth Railway
* North Pembrokeshire and Fishguard Railway
* North Wales Mineral Railway
* Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway
* Oswestry and Newtown Railway
* Pembroke and Tenby Railway
* Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway
* Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway
* Port Talbot Railway
* Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
* Rhymney Railway
* Rumney Railway
* Ross and Monmouth Railway
* Shrewsbury and Chester Railway
* Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway
* South Wales Railway
* Taff Vale Railway
* Tanat Valley Light Railway
* Vale of Glamorgan Railway
* Vale of Llangollen Railway
* Vale of Neath Railway
* Vale of Rheidol Railway
* Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway
* West Midland Railway
* Whitland and Cardigan Railway
* Wye Valley Railway
* Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway

London and North
Western Railway|

* Anglesey Central Railway
* Bangor and Carnarvon Railway
* Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway
* Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway
* Carnarvonshire Railway
* Central Wales Railway
* Central Wales Extension Railway
* Chester and Holyhead Railway
* Chester and Connah's Quay Railway
* Conway and Llanrwst Railway
* Knighton Railway
* Llanelly Railway
* Red Wharf Bay branch line
* Sirhowy Railway
* Swansea and Carmarthen Railway
* Central Wales and Carmarthen Junction Railway
* Vale of Clwyd Railway

Joint lines|

* Brynmawr and Western Valleys Railway
* Nantybwch and Rhymney Railway
* Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway
* Taff Bargoed Railway
* Buckley Railway
* North Wales and Liverpool Railway
* Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway
* Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway
* Vale of Towy Railway
* Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway
* Wrexham and Minera Railway

Independent lines|

* Corris, Machynlleth and River Dovey Tramroad
* Fairbourne Railway
* Ffestiniog Railway
* Festiniog and Blaenau Railway
* Glyn Valley Tramway
* Hay Railway
* Kinmel Camp Railway
* Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway
* North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways
* Portmadoc, Beddgelert and South Snowdon Railway
* Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway
* Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway
* Pwllheli and Llanbedrog Tramway
* Ruthin and Cerrig-y-Drudion Railway
* Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway
* Snowdon Mountain Railway
* Swansea and Mumbles Railway
* Talyllyn Railway
* Van Railway
* Welsh Highland Railway

Industrial railways|

* Bailey's Tramroad
* Beaufort Ironworks Tramway
* Bryn Oer Tramway
* Buckley Tramroad
* Cedryn Quarry Tramway
* Cowlyd Tramway
* Crawshay's Private Railway
* Crickheath Tramway
* Croesor Tramway
* Deeside Tramway
* Dinorwic Railway
* Dowlais Railway
* Eigiau Tramway
* Elan Valley Railway
* Gorseddau Junction and Portmadoc Railway
* Gorseddau Tramway
* Hendre-Ddu Tramway
* Kerry Tramway
* Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway
* Merionethshire Railway
* Morda Tramway
* Nantlle Tramway
* Padarn Railway
* Penrhyn Quarry Railway
* Penydarren Tramway
* Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry tramways
* Rhiwbach Tramway
* Saundersfoot Railway
* Trefor Quarry railway
* Tremadoc Tramway

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Rail infrastructure projects in the United Kingdom

Current projects

| Projects|

* Camden Highline
* Camp Hill line
* East West Rail (Oxford to Bedford section)
* High Speed 2
* Northern Hub
* Northern Powerhouse Rail (Hull–Liverpool)
* Northumberland Line
* South Wales Metro
* West Midlands Metro extension to Brierley Hill

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Electrification|

* Bolton–Wigan
* East Kilbride line
* Kettering–Sheffield
* Welsh Valleys

Stations|

* Ashington
* Ashley Down
* Beam Park
* Beaulieu Park
* Blyth Bebside
* Bedlington
* Belfast Grand Central
* Birmingham Curzon Street
* Birmingham Interchange
* Butetown
* Cambridge South
* Darlaston James Bridge
* Kings Heath
* Moseley Village
* Newsham
* Northumberland Park
* Old Oak Common
* Pineapple Road
* Seaton Delaval
* White Rose
* Willenhall
* Winslow

Proposed projects

| Projects|

* Aberdare–Hirwaun Line reopening
* Aberdeen Crossrail
* Bakerloo line extension
* Barrow Hill line reopening
* Bristol Airport Rail Link
* Brentford branch line reopening
* Bolton–Bury line reopening
* Bordon Light Railway reopening
* Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line reopening
* Cirencester branch line reopening
* Consett–Newcastle line reopening
* Coventry Very Light Rail
* Cranleigh line reopening
* Crossrail 2 (London)
* Crossrail Glasgow
* Darlaston Loop reopening
* Parts of Electric Spine (including
* Coventry–Leamington Spa
* Coventry–Nuneaton
* Leamington Spa–Aynho Junction)
* Bedford–Cambridge reopening
* Fawley branch line reopening
* Fleetwood branch line reopening
* Formartine and Buchan Railway reopening
* Maid Marian line reopening
* MetroWest (Bristol)
* Hall Farm Curve reopening
* Heathfield Branch Line reopening
* Heathrow Airport transport proposals
* including Heathrow Airtrack
* Heathrow Southern Railway
* Heathwick
* Western Rail Approach to Heathrow
* Leicester–Burton upon Trent line reopening
* Lisburn–Antrim line reopening
* Cowley branch line reopening
* North and West London Light Railway
* Northern Powerhouse Rail
* North Wales Metro
* Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway reopening
* Ringwood branch line reopening
* R25 Orbital
* Skelmersdale branch reopening
* Skipton–Colne Rail Link
* Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway reopening
* South Staffordshire line reopening
* Southern Crossrail
* St Andrews Rail Link
* Sutton Link
* Sutton Park line reopening
* Swansea Bay and West Wales Metro
* Walsall–Wolverhampton line reopening
* Wealden Line (Uckfield–Lewes reopening)
* West London Orbital
* Wisbech line reopening
* Windsor Link Railway
* York–Beverley line reopening

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Stations|

* Armagh
* Allandale
* Aldergrove
* Aldridge
* Arthington
* Ashley Hill
* Ashton Gate
* Balgray railway station
* Balsall Heath
* Barcombe Mills
* Beechwood
* Beeston Castle and Tarporley
* Bonnybridge
* Bordon
* Bradford St James
* Bramley
* Broughton (Flintshire)
* Brownhills
* Brentford Golden Mile
* Brinsford Parkway
* Burgess Park
* Caerleon
* Camberwell
* Cambourne (Cambridgeshire)
* Canterbury Parkway
* Cardiff Parkway
* Carno
* Carr Mill
* Carterton
* Castlethorpe
* Castle Bromwich
* Castle Green
* Charfield
* Cheadle
* Chipping Sodbury
* Claydon
* Cottam Parkway
* Corsham
* Cranleigh
* Cross Hills
* Crwys Road
* Cullompton
* Cwm
* Dalston
* Deeside Parkway
* Devizes Parkway
* Ditton
* Drake Street
* East Midlands Hub
* Eastriggs
* Edwinstowe
* Elland
* Eynsham
* Errol
* Ferryhill
* Finningley
* Fleetwood
* Fort Parkway
* Fraserburgh
* Gabalfa
* Glasgow Airport
* Glasgow Cross
* Glencarse
* Gloucestershire Parkway
* Gorbals
* Greenfield (Flintshire)
* Hatch End
* Haxby
* Heathrow Hub
* Heathfield
* Henbury
* Hirwaun
* Horfield
* Horsforth Woodside
* Hythe
* Hythe Road
* Isfield
* King's Road Chelsea
* Ladbroke Grove
* Langport and Somerton
* Leeds Bradford Airport Parkway
* Leeds New Lane
* Liverpool Baltic
* Lisburn West
* Llanwern
* Long Ashton
* Maiden Lane
* Manchester Airport High Speed
* March Elm Road
* Meir
* Monkerton
* Moorside
* Mouldon Hill
* Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
* Newport West
* Newport West Central
* Newton Longville
* North Filton
* Okehampton Interchange
* Old Kent Road
* Old Oak Common Lane
* Oxford Science Park
* Oxford Business Park
* Ollerton
* Park Farm
* Pelsall
* Peterhead
* Pill
* Portishead
* Portobello
* Poyle
* Richhill
* Roseberry Parkway
* Rugby Parkway
* Rushden Parkway
* Saltford
* Sharnal Street / Hoo
* Oxford Science Park
* Silvertown
* Skelmersdale
* Slattocks
* St Anne's Park
* St Clears
* Stanley Park
* Stockingford
* Stonehouse (Bristol Road)
* Surrey Canal
* Thamesmead
* Templepatrick
* Tempsford
* Thornhill (Dumfries)
* Thornton
* Thorpe Park
* Torquay Gateway
* Town Meadow
* Vauxhall (Merseyside)
* Wantage Road
* Warsop
* Waverley
* Weedon
* Wellington
* Windsor Royal
* Witney
* Wixams
* Woodchurch
* Woodhorn
* Wootton Bassett
* Wormit
* Wrexham North
* Wrexham South

Heritage railways|

* Don Valley Railway
* Norfolk Orbital Railway
* Wisbech and March Bramley Line
* Honeybourne Line

Cancelled projects

| Projects|

* Advanced Passenger Train
* Bordesley to Birmingham Curzon Street
* Cardiff to Swansea electrification
* Central Line extension to Richmond
* Central Line Extension to Denham
* Chessington branch line (never completed)
* Cranbrook and Tenterden Light Railway
* Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway
* Croxley Rail Link
* Docklands Light Railway extension to Dagenham Dock
* Dawlish Avoiding Line
* Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway (never completed)
* East Sussex Light Railway
* Edinburgh Airport Rail Link
* Electric Spine
* Oxford-Bletchley/Bedford Electrification
* Glasgow Airport Rail Link
* Hawkhurst branch line (never completed)
* Hebridean Light Railway Company
* Heathrow Airport transport proposals
* Heathrow Airtrack
* HS4Air
* Headcorn and Maidstone Junction Light Railway
* Highclere, Kingsclere and Basingstoke Light Railway
* InterCity 250
* Kingsbridge to Salcombe
* Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway (never completed)
* Leeds and York Railway
* Mid-Suffolk Light Railway (never completed)
* Nightstar (train)
* North Holderness Light Railway
* Ouse Valley Railway
* Picc-Vic tunnel
* Regional Eurostar
* Robertsbridge & Pevensey Light Railway
* St Germans & Looe Railway (never completed)
* Superlink (railway network)
* Tees Valley Metro
* UK Ultraspeed
* York and North Midland Railway (Leeds Extension)
* York, Hull and East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway

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Stations|

* Barrhead (New)
* Brierdene
* Cassiobridge
* Collywell Bay
* Crowlands
* Doncaster Sheffield Airport
* Doncaster (York Road)
* Dykebar
* Ferguslie
* Glenfield
* Lullingstone
* Paisley East
* Queens Road (GER)
* Richboro Port
* Stanely
* Swithland
* Sykehouse
* Thorpe-in-Balne
* Watford Vicarage Road
* West Hampstead interchange
* Woodhorn

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* Cancelled projects category
* Commons

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