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Pencader Tunnel

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Tunnels completed in 1864Use British English from March 2017
Northern end of Pencader Tunnel geograph.org.uk 1101562
Northern end of Pencader Tunnel geograph.org.uk 1101562

Pencader Tunnel is an abandoned railway tunnel on the old trackbed of the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth main line in south-west Wales. It was originally bored for the Llanpumsaint-Pencader section of the Carmarthen & Cardigan (C&C) Railway. It is approximately 988 yards (903 m) long (just over half-a-mile), making it the longest tunnel in West Wales and is bored through Ordovician shales. It is single-track and built to the C&C's adopted broad gauge dimensions, as opposed to the smaller standard gauge used on Britain's railways today. It is also known as alternatively Alltwalis Tunnel and Dolgran Tunnel to local villagers.

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N 51.9793 ° E -4.3026 °
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SA39 9BY , Llanfihangel-ar-Arth
Wales, United Kingdom
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Northern end of Pencader Tunnel geograph.org.uk 1101562
Northern end of Pencader Tunnel geograph.org.uk 1101562
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