Kidwelly and Burry Port Railway





Dates

  /  /1869Kidwelly and Burry Port Railway
Opened from Burry Port to Cwmmawr
  /  /1873Kidwelly and Burry Port Railway
Opened from Kidwelly to Kidwelly Junction by Trimsarn Road
  /  /1965Kidwelly and Burry Port Railway
Kidwelly to Kidwelly Junction closed
  /  /1983Kidwelly and Burry Port Railway
Burry Port to Kidwelly Junction closed
  /  /1983Kidwelly and Burry Port Railway
Kidwelly to Kidwelly Junction re-opened

Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.


Kidwelly to Cwm-mawr













Note the writing on brake van! The brake van is on the rear of a loaded train hauled by three 03s. ...
Andrew Saunders //1982
Three 03s heading for Burry Port on the Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway. Thought to be near Pontyates. ...
Andrew Saunders //1982
2 of 2 images.




A loaded coal train snakes south through Pontyberem under the Heol Y Pentre road bridge in 1982. ...
Andrew Saunders //1982
Three 03s come south from Cwm Mawr through Pontyberem, passing under the B4306. ...
Andrew Saunders //1982
2 of 2 images.









Llanelli to Trimsaran