Carmarthenshire Railway or Tramroad
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Llanelli |
| Locale | Wales |
| Dates of operation | 1803–1844 |
| Successor | Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft (1,219 mm) |
| Length | 11+1⁄2 mi (18.5 km) |
The Carmarthenshire Railway or Tramroad was a horse-worked plateway built in South Wales in 1803.
History
| Carmarthenshire Railway or Tramroad Company Act 1802 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for making and maintaining a Railway or Tramroad, from or from near a certain Place called The Flats, in the Parish of Llanelly, in the County of Carmarthen, to or near to certain Lime Rocks, called Castell-y-Garreg, in the Parish of Llanfihangel-Aberbythich, in the said County; and for making and maintaining a Dock or Bason at the Termination of the said Railway or Tramroad, at or near the said Place called The Flats. |
| Citation | 42 Geo. 3. c. lxxx |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 3 June 1802 |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Carmarthenshire Railway or Tramroad Company Act 1834 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to enable the Carmarthenshire Railway or Tramroad Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and to amend the Act relating to the said Company. |
| Citation | 4 & 5 Will. 4. c. lxx |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 27 June 1834 |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Carmarthenshire Railway or Tramroad was authorised under an act of Parliament, the Carmarthenshire Railway or Tramroad Company Act 1802 (42 Geo. 3. c. lxxx), of 3 June 1802 – the first granted for a public railway in Wales – to acquire the existing Carmarthenshire Dock at Llanelly and its feeder tramroad built by Alexander Raby by 1799,[1] thus incidentally becoming the world's first dock-owning public railway company.[2] The first 1+1⁄2 mi (2.4 km) from Cwmddyche ironworks down to the sea was open in May 1803 – the first stretch of public railway in use in Britain[1] – and construction ceased in 1805 when the line had reached Gorslas. The engineer was named James Barnes and the gauge was approximately 4 ft (1,219 mm).[1]
The line ceased to operate in or before 1844 and portions of its course were utilised by the Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway, opened in 1881.[1]
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