Ammanford railway station (GWR) explained

Ammanford
Caption:Site of Ammanford Station
Status:Disused
Borough:Ammanford, Carmarthenshire
Country:Wales
Original:Llanelly Railway
Pregroup:Great Western Railway
Postgroup:Great Western Railway
Years:10 April 1840
Events:Station opened as Cross Inn
Years1:1 July 1883
Events1:Station renamed Ammanford
Years2:18 August 1958
Events2:Station closed

Ammanford railway station was opened under the name Cross Inn by the Llanelly Railway in 1840 to serve the town of Ammanford, West Wales. It was renamed Ammanford in 1883. The station was the main one in the town until it closed in 1958, leaving the current Ammanford station (then known as Tirydail, later Ammanford & Tirydail) providing trains for the area.

History

Opened by the Llanelly Railway, then by the Great Western Railway, 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.

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