Ammanford railway station (GWR)

Ammanford
General information
Location	Carmarthenshire
Owned by	Great Western Railway
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Line(s)	Llanelly Railway
Key dates
10 April 1840	Station opened as Cross Inn
1 July 1883	Station renamed Ammanford
18 August 1958	Station closed

This article is about the former GWR station in Ammanford. For the current station see Ammanford railway station.

Ammanford railway station, served the town of Ammanford, West Wales. Opened as Cross Inn by the Llanelly Railway, the station was the main one in the town until it closed, leaving the current Ammanford station 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.

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Station on navigable O.S. map. Station nearest coach station marked Bettws.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Pantyffynnon		Arriva Trains Wales Heart of Wales Line		Ammanford Colliery Halt