Gwili Railway
| Gwili Railway Rheilffordd Gwili | |
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The official logo of the Gwili Railway Vulcan Foundry Austerity 0-6-0ST 'Haulwen' at Bronwydd Arms | |
| Locale | Wales |
| Terminus | Danycoed Halt Abergwili Junction |
| Coordinates | 51°53′30″N 4°18′03″W / 51.89155°N 4.30077°W |
| Commercial operations | |
| Name | Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway |
| Original gauge | 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) Brunel gauge |
| Preserved operations | |
| Operated by | Gwili Railway Co. Ltd |
| Stations | 4 |
| Length | 4.50 miles (7.24 km) |
| Preserved gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Commercial history | |
| Opened | 1860 |
| 1872 | Converted to 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| 1881 | Absorbed by Great Western Railway |
| 1973 | Closed |
| Preservation history | |
| 1978 | Taken over by the preservation society |
| 1987 | Llwyfan Cerrig reached |
| 1988 | Llwyfan Cerrig station officially opened |
| 2001 | Opening of extension to Danycoed |
| 2002 | Work starts on extension to Carmarthen North |
| 2008 | Gwili Railway marks 30 years to the day of Re-opening |
| 2009 | Gwili Railway purchases Llanpumpsaint train station site (completely). |
| 2011 | Gwili is Awarded for fully restored GWR-Style crossing gates at Bronwydd Arms itself. |
| 2017 | Opening of extension to new station at Abergwili Junction. |
| 2023 | Abergwili Junction officially opened. |
| Headquarters | Bronwydd Arms |
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The Gwili Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Gwili) is a Welsh heritage railway, that operates a preserved standard gauge railway line from the site of Abergwili Junction (near Carmarthen) in southwest Wales along a four-and-a-half-mile (7.2 km) section of the former Carmarthen to Aberystwyth line. The original railway closed in 1965, with the track being lifted in 1975.