Danycoed Halt
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Danycoed Halt, which is Welsh
for below the trees, was built by the Gwili Railway
as a halt designed for the train to run around and couple up to the carriages for the return journey. Opened in 2001 it is the current northern terminus but will be made redundant when the railway will extend one mile north to Cynwyl Elfed
station and then further to Llanpumsaint Station.
The station did not exist in British Railways days and currently features a four-coach platform, a typical GWR
storage hut and other station furniture such as lamp posts and benches. Just beyond the north end of the platform, a wrought iron girder bridge crosses the River Gwili
. The bridge requires repair and thus inhibits immediate progress towards Cynwyl Elfed station.
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
for below the trees, was built by the Gwili Railway
Gwili Railway
The Gwili Steam Railway operates a standard gauge preserved railway from Abergwili Junction in South Wales along a short section of the former Carmarthen to Aberystwyth railway that closed for passenger traffic in 1965, the track being lifted in 1975.The Gwili Railway was formed in 1974 and, by...
as a halt designed for the train to run around and couple up to the carriages for the return journey. Opened in 2001 it is the current northern terminus but will be made redundant when the railway will extend one mile north to Cynwyl Elfed
Cynwyl Elfed
Cynwyl Elfed is a village and community located in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. As a community it contains the villages of Cynwyl Elfed, Blaenycoed and Cwmduad. It is situated three miles from Abernant and had a population of 953 in 2001...
station and then further to Llanpumsaint Station.
The station did not exist in British Railways days and currently features a four-coach platform, a typical GWR
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
storage hut and other station furniture such as lamp posts and benches. Just beyond the north end of the platform, a wrought iron girder bridge crosses the River Gwili
River Gwili
The River Gwili is a river in Carmarthenshire, Wales. A tributary of Wales' largest river, the River Towy, it's headwater is found east of Llanllawddog, in the Brechfa Forest. It runs west, through Llanpumsaint, to its confluence with the River Duad, just south of Cynwyl Elfed village...
. The bridge requires repair and thus inhibits immediate progress towards Cynwyl Elfed station.