Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway
The Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway was incorporated in 1866 as a combination of the Burry Port Harbour Co and the Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal Co who, had been authorised to convert the canal into a railway one year previously. The line was built on the canal bed or towpath. It opened in Pontyberem in 1869 and was extended to Cwmmawr in 1886. The Cwm-Capel Branch linked Achddu Colliery and Cwm-Capel Colliery with the harbour at Burry Port.
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WRRC Information Resource files
Locomotive And Rolling Stock totals for selected dates between 1904 and 1921.
Selected Reading
- A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol 12 South Wales. D.S.M. Barrie, David & Charles, 2nd edition 1994. ISBN 0946537-69-0
- The Llanelly & Mynydd Mawr Railway. - 1st Edition - 1992 by M.R.C. Price - Oakwood Press ISBN 0-85361-423-7
- The Llanelly Railway & Dock Company, The Heart of Wales Pioneer. - 2012 by Michael Denman - The Wider View.
- Railway Around Llanelli. by Michael Denman - The Wider View.
- Nevill’s Dock & Railway Company. by Michael Denman - The Wider View.
- Gwendraeth Valleys Railway: Kidwelly to Mynydd-y-Garreg. - M.R.C. Price - The Oakwood Press, ISBN-10: 0853615055
- Burry Port and Gwendreath Valley Railway and Its Antecedent Canals Vol 1: The Canals. Raymond. E. Bowen - The Oakwood Press, ISBN-10: 0853615772
- Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway and Its Antecedent Canals Vol 2: The Railway and the Dock. Robert W. Miller - The Oakwood Press, ISBN-10: 085361685X
- South Wales Branch Lines. H. Morgan, Ian Allan Ltd, 1984. ISBN 0711013217
- The Railway Magazine November 1953