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CARMARTHEN and CARDIGAN RAILWAY, a railway in South Wales. It commences in a junction with the South Wales railway at Carmarthen; and goes north-north-westward to Newcastle-Emlyn, and thence west-north-westward to Cardigan. It was authorized in 1854; was opened to Llandyssil in 1864; and was empowered in 1864-5 to have branch connexion to Kidwelly.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a railway" (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features") |
| Administrative units: | Carmarthenshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Carmarthen |
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