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Llangurig branch
Llangurig branch in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Llangurig branch is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Llangurig branch was a part of a proposed scheme by the Manchester and Milford Railway (M&MR) to connect industrialised Northwest England with the West Wales deep water port of Milford Haven. After various financial and construction difficulties, the 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of the Llangurig branch is noted as being the shortest lived working branch line in the United Kingdom, receiving only one train.
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Background
History
The M&MR was an ambitious proposal to connect Manchester, Northwest England and potentially the English Midlands with the deep water docks at Milford Haven. Not going anywhere near either location's name in its title, it was effectively a highly marketed connecting scheme using London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and Midland Railway rails as its feeder. Using the southern end of Oswestry and Newtown Railway, which connected to the LNWR for North Wales, Crewe and Manchester, the M&MR would connect to a junction at Devil's Bridge (for a branch line to Aberystwyth), and then onwards to connect with the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway (C&CR) at . Trains would then have run on the C&CR to…
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- Coordinates
- 52.4066, -3.6042
Sources
- wikidata: Q6661523 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Llangurig branch (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Llangurig branch?
- Llangurig branch is in Mid Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.4066°, -3.6042°.
- Who owns Llangurig branch?
- Llangurig branch is owned by Manchester and Milford Railway (M&MR).