August 1902 (freight only) 22 December 1902 (passenger)
1913
Taken over by Cambrian Railways
1922
Great Western Railway Grouping
1948
Became part of British Railways
1968
Became the last steam operating line on British Rail
Preservation history
1989
Privatised
Headquarters
Aberystwyth
Website
www.rheidolrailway.co.uk
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Vale of Rheidol Railway
Legend
Aberystwyth
Cambrian Line
to Shrewsbury
Aberystwyth engine shed
Llanbadarn
A4120
River Rheidol
Glanyrafon LC
Glanyrafon
Capel Bangor engine shed
Capel Bangor
Nantyronen
Aberffrwd
Rheidol Falls
Rhiwfron
Devil's Bridge
Detailed diagram
end of line
Aberystwyth
various sheds
Llanbadarn
A4120
Llanbadarn AOCL
level crossing
River Rheidol
Glanyrafon ABCL
level crossing
Glanyrafon
Capel Bangor
level crossing
level crossing
Nantyronen
Aberffrwd
level crossing
Rheidol Falls
Rhiwfron
Devil's Bridge
request stop
with no platform
passengers detrain
onto the ground
The Vale of Rheidol Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Cwm Rheidol) is a 1 ft 11+3⁄4 in (603 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway in Ceredigion, Wales, between Aberystwyth and Devil's Bridge; a journey of 11+3⁄4 miles (18.9 km).[1]
It opened in 1902 and, from the withdrawal of main line steam on British Rail in 1968 until privatisation in 1989,[2] it was the sole steam-operated line on the 1948 nationalised British Rail network. It was one of the first parts of British Rail to be privatised. Unlike most other preserved railways in the United Kingdom, the Vale of Rheidol Railway did not have a period of closure between its being part of the national rail system and becoming a heritage railway, and so has operated a continuous service for residents and tourists.
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