Cwmmawr for Tumble railway station, Cwm Mawr railway station or Cwmmawr railway station was opened in 1913 to timetabled passenger services. Carmarthenshire, LIII.8, Revised: 1913, Published: 1915
/ref> It continued to serve the inhabitants of the Cwmmawr area and hinterland between 1913 and 1953; it was one of several basic stations opened on the

Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway The Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway (BP&GVR) was a mineral railway company that constructed a railway line in Carmarthenshire, Wales, by conversion of a canal, to connect collieries and limestone pits to the sea at Kidwelly. It extend ...

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, Wales.

History

Cwmmawr was opened for passengers on 29 January 1913 by the

on the

Kidwelly Kidwelly () is a town and community (Wales), community in Carmarthenshire, southwest Wales, approximately northwest of the most populous town in the county, Llanelli. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census the community had a population ...

and Cwmmawr section of the line and was closed by the

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a History of rail transport in Great Britain, British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, ...

on Saturday 19 September 1953. It was on the

with

Pontyates Pontyates () is a village straddling two communities situated in the Gwendraeth Valley halfway between Carmarthen and Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, West Wales. The population in 2011 was 1,449. General information The village of Pontyates (or ...

located to the south and Cwmmawr for Tumble as the terminus. The railway was originally a freight only line apart from passenger trains for miners, but stations were established due to pressure from the public. The freight service continued for coal traffic until 1996 by which time the last of the local collieries had closed down.SN40SW - A, Surveyed / Revised:Pre-1930 to 1963, Published:1964
/ref> The line was carrying traffic from the washeries at Cwmmawr and Carway until closure.

Infrastructure

The station had a single straight platform with a wooden ticket office and shelter. A goods shed stood to the west and several sidings together with a water tank. The line to the east of the platform continued to the north in 1915 and served a transfer point for the tramway down from Clos-yr-yn Colliery. To the south in 1915 was the extensive rail network that served the New Dynant Colliery. The line was partly built on the old

Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal The Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal was a canal and tramroad system in Carmarthenshire, Wales, built to carry anthracite coal to the coast for onward transportation by coastal ships. It began life as Kymer's Canal in 1766, which linked pits at Pw ...

however incline planes existed at sites such as Ponthenri.Bowen, R.E. (2001). ''The Burry Port & Gwendreath Valley Railway and its Antecedent Canals.'' Usk : The Oakwood Press. . p. 156.

Remnants

The section south of Pinged, between Burry Port and Craiglon Bridge Halt is now a footpath and cycleway, however other sections of the line have formal and informal footpaths on the old trackbed.

Routes

References

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