Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway - Cynheidre Heritage Project

The L& MMR Company Ltd. was incorporated on the 15th April 1999 as a non-profit making company limited by guarantee (with no remuneration paid to its Directors). The primary objective of the Company is to reinstate a railway on this historic line which is recognised as Britain's first operating public railway authorised by the Act of Parliament in 1802 and which began traffic in May 1803 as the Carmarthenshire Tramroad. Our scheme is utilising derelict land on the site of the former colliery at Cynheidre which is completely owned by the LMMR outright. In the long-term the railway, which closed to rail traffic in 1989 will be re-instated where possible. Our aim is to provide a heritage centre and a full size steam and diesel demonstration railway. Our first public open day occurred on Saturday 3rd September 2017 which marked the start of regular events at our railway. Since then, we have successfully pulled off several themed events, including Christmas and Easter from 2017 to the present day. The reception from the local community to these events has been a huge motivation for us to continue to develop both the site that we have and the events that we hold. Year by year we are increasing the amount of public events and see this as an important step in the development of the project. Our railway operation currently consists of the utilisation of diesel locomotives and a mixture of using our brakevan and our mark 2 buffet carriage. Longer term we wish to complete the restoration of our class 122 DMU to compliment the fleet and ultimately we want to complete the outstanding work on 0-4-0 saddle tank locomotive ‘Desmond'. This would allow us to bring the first working steam locomotive to Cynheidre since 1969. We have also been recently donated a Class 142 DMU unit. We want to continue to improve site facilities and make our site a complete day out for visitors of all ages. Our project is not just about railways and history.
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