Dismantled railway and bridge near Ystradmeurig, Ceredigion
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Dismantled railway and bridge near Ystradmeurig, Ceredigion
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 10 Jul 2011
Looking towards Pontrhydfendigaid, this is the course of a dismantled railway line. Beyond the bridge, it swings to the right towards Tregaron, following a straight course across the northern part of Cors Caron. The bridge only carries a farm road to Maesbanadlog, though the route originally continued towards Swyddffynnon. The Manchester and Milford Railway (which went to neither place) closed in 1965, but the track bed adjacent to and across part of the Cors Caron nature reserve is now used as a public footpath and the National Cycle Route No 82 (Fishguard to Machynlleth via Lampeter and Aberystwyth). Wikipedia states that this was the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line, a standard gauge branch line of the Great Western Railway in Wales. As a result of floods and the Beeching Axe, the line closed throughout to passengers from 1965, and to freight from Pont Llanio creamery near Tregaron to Aberaeron Junction near Lampeter in 1970.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.28806
Longitude
-3.892331