Garnant railway station

Garnant
Garnant
	The level crossing in 1994
General information
Location	Garnant, Carmarthenshire; Wales
Coordinates	51°48′05″N 3°54′17″W / 51.8015°N 3.9047°W
Grid reference	SN687131
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Llanelly Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
April 1840	Opened
20 March 1865	Resited
18 August 1958	Closed

Garnant railway station served the village of Garnant, Carmarthenshire, Wales, from 1840 to 1958 on the Brynamman Branch.

History[edit]

The station was opened as Cwmamman in April 1840 by the Llanelly Railway.^[1] Its name was later changed to Garnant.^[2]^[when?] An order was made on 14 December 1859 to close the branch line by the end of the month, although this didn't happen as it was still in Bradshaw and the timetable from January to June 1860. It was resited half a mile to the west on 20 March 1865. It closed on 18 August 1958.^[3]^[4]

Garnant Halt[edit]

This was the name of the platforms for the line to Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen. They opened on 1 January 1908, closed on 2 April 1917 but reopened on 7 July 1919. They were temporarily closed on 11 April 1921 due to a coal strike but reopened on 1 July of the same year.^[5] They finally closed on 4 May 1926.^[3]^[4]

References[edit]

^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 498. OCLC 931112387.
^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 75. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
^ ^a ^b Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 191. OCLC 931112387.
^ ^a ^b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 517. OCLC 931112387.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Brynamman East Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway Brynamman Branch		Gelliceidrim Line open, station closed
Gors-y-Garnant Line open, station closed		London and North Western Railway Brynamman Branch		Gelliceidrim Line open, station closed

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[1] Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 498. OCLC 931112387.

[Butt1-2] Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 75. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

[Quick-3] Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 191. OCLC 931112387.

[Butt2-4] Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

[5] Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 517. OCLC 931112387.

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