page_title: Pembroke and Tenby Railway
section_title: Gauge change on the South Wales Railway route
hierarchical_section_title: Pembroke and Tenby Railway / Gauge change on the South Wales Railway route
caption_attribution_description: English: Pembroke Railway Station
context_page_description: The Pembroke and Tenby Railway was a locally-promoted railway in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It was built by local supporters and opened in 1863. The line, now known as the Pembroke Dock branch line, remains in use at the present day.
  In 1814 a Royal Navy Dockyard had been established at Pembroke Dock. The South Wales Railway had been authorised to build a branch line to Pembroke, but had failed to do so. Their terminus in Neyland was a short ferry crossing from Pembroke Dock.
  In 1866, the Pembroke and Tenby Railway was extended to Whitland; Whitland was on the South Wales Railway broad gauge main line but being on the narrow gauge – later known as standard gauge – it was not possible to run Pembroke and Tenby trains on the South Wales Railway lines to Carmarthen. The intention of the Pembroke and Tenby Railway was to make an alliance with other narrow gauge railways at Carmarthen, and the Great Western Railway did provide a narrow gauge link to Carmarthen. Experiencing financial difficulties, the company sold its line to the Great Western Railway in 1897.
context_section_description: In May 1872, the GWR altered the track gauge in South Wales to standard gauge. The GWR obliged the P&TR to supply rails to assist the process of conversion of track used by the P&TR at Carmarthen.
  The economics of running independent trains between Whitland and Carmarthen were altered by the GWR gauge conversion, and, from 1 August 1872, all services by the P&TR east of Whitland ceased. For passengers, through coaches were attached to GWR trains at Whitland; these trains called at Carmarthen Junction and were detached there and worked forward to Carmarthen Town station.
  The Pembroke and Tenby Loop at Carmarthen therefore had no traffic and it was reduced to siding status. From the same date, the M&MR ceased to run into Carmarthen Town station, and it terminated its trains at Pencader; the through carriages from Euston were no more, and the P&TR was isolated from its earlier narrow gauge allies.
caption: Pembroke station
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