Login Station in August 1967 (Photo by Nick Catford)
Login Station in August 1967 (Photo by Nick Catford)Anyone able to name the children?
Login Station in July 2006, taken from a similar viewpoint as the picture above
(Photo by Adrian Black)
Date opened: 12.7.1875
Location: South of a junction of two unnamed minor roads
Company on opening: Whitland & Taf Vale Railway
Date closed to passengers: 10.9.1962
Date closed completely: 10.9.1962
Company on closing: British Railways (Western Region)
Present state: The station building/house and a short length of platform remains as a private dwelling. The remainder of the trackbed has been infilled up to platform level to form the garden.
OS Grid Ref: SN167234
Date of visit: August 1967
Notes: Intermediate station on the Whitland - Cardigan Railway. The Whitland & Taf Vale Railway was incorporated on 1 July 1869 to extend its line to Crymmych Arms. The Engineer was James Weekes Szlumper of Aberystwyth.
The line opened, under the first light railways Act to Glogue on 24 March 1873 and to Crymmych Arms in October 1874; in both cases for freight. Passenger services had to wait until 12 July 1875.
The line possessed its own locomotives, which were based at Llanfalteg. An Act was obtained in 1877 to extend the line to Cardigan, but serious financial difficulties inhibited progress until the GWR became involved and a further Act obtained in 1881 to allow for deviations between Boncath and Kilgerran. It opened to passengers on 31 August 1886 and handed over to GWR for regular service the following day.
From Wikipedia:-
Date opened: 12.7.1875
Location: South of a junction of two unnamed minor roads
Company on opening: Whitland & Taf Vale Railway
Date closed to passengers: 10.9.1962
Date closed completely: 10.9.1962
Company on closing: British Railways (Western Region)
Present state: The station building/house and a short length of platform remains as a private dwelling. The remainder of the trackbed has been infilled up to platform level to form the garden.
OS Grid Ref: SN167234
Date of visit: August 1967
Notes: Intermediate station on the Whitland - Cardigan Railway. The Whitland & Taf Vale Railway was incorporated on 1 July 1869 to extend its line to Crymmych Arms. The Engineer was James Weekes Szlumper of Aberystwyth.
The line opened, under the first light railways Act to Glogue on 24 March 1873 and to Crymmych Arms in October 1874; in both cases for freight. Passenger services had to wait until 12 July 1875.
The line possessed its own locomotives, which were based at Llanfalteg. An Act was obtained in 1877 to extend the line to Cardigan, but serious financial difficulties inhibited progress until the GWR became involved and a further Act obtained in 1881 to allow for deviations between Boncath and Kilgerran. It opened to passengers on 31 August 1886 and handed over to GWR for regular service the following day.
The above photographs and information was taken from Nick Catford at:-
From Wikipedia:-
Whitland & Cardigan Railway
Originally called the Whitland & Taf Vale Railway, it opened in stages from a junction 2 miles west of Whitland to Llanfyrnach on 24th March 1873 and onto Crymmych Arms in October 1874. In 1877 the name was changed to the Whitland & Cardigan Railway and the extension to Cardigan opened on 1st September 1886.
Originally called the Whitland & Taf Vale Railway, it opened in stages from a junction 2 miles west of Whitland to Llanfyrnach on 24th March 1873 and onto Crymmych Arms in October 1874. In 1877 the name was changed to the Whitland & Cardigan Railway and the extension to Cardigan opened on 1st September 1886.
The Great Western Railway took over the working as of that date and the three locomotives were added to stock although the complete undertaking was not purchased until 1890.
From Ewan Crawford
As regards Login, the station was opened on the 12th of July 1875 by the Whitland and Taf Vale and was closed on the 10th of September 1962 by the British Transport Commission.
The line itself was slightly different, opening in 1873 and closing in 1963 - the difference probably being due to being open to goods only both before and after the station was open.
In 1956 the station is listed as being open for goods and passengers although there does not seem to have been a crane for heavy goods (most small stations did not have one). The dates above do not hold for all of the line and stations, just Login.
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Extracted from Efailwen to Whitland - Vol 1
The author recalls transporting churns of milk to the station to put on the trains - 'along nearly two miles of road with twenty bends by pony and small gambo'.
In 1892 the Chief Inspector of Schools was a passenger and commented that there were rush thatched cottages in sheltered places.
When the line was being built, trees were first cleared, the land ploughed - then stones, timbers and rails were hauled as near as possible.
For each half mile a ganger was in charge of 10 men.
For each half mile a ganger was in charge of 10 men.
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