The Vale of Towy Railway (VoTR) was a Welsh

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 railway that provided an 11.25 mile-long extension of the Llanelly Railway from Llandeilo

Llandeilo

Llandeilo is a town in Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated at the crossing of the River Towy by the A483 on a 19th century stone bridge. Its population is 1,731.The town is served by Llandeilo railway station on the Heart of Wales Line.- Early history :...

 to Llandovery

Llandovery

Llandovery is a market town in Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the River Tywi and the A40 road.The town is served by Llandovery railway station, where there is a park and ride to Llanelli and Shrewsbury via the Heart of Wales Line...

. It was incorporated by Act of Parliament

Act of Parliament

An Act of Parliament is a statute enacted as primary legislation by a national or sub-national parliament. In the Republic of Ireland the term Act of the Oireachtas is used, and in the United States the term Act of Congress is used.In Commonwealth countries, the term is used both in a narrow...

 of 10 July 1854 and opened on 1 April 1858.

The VoTR was a standard gauge

Standard gauge

The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge...

 route that provided an alternative to the Great Western Railway

Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...

 and Llandovery became a potential endpoint for other rail companies in north Wales and the west of England. The route remains in use as part of the Heart of Wales Line

Heart of Wales Line

The Heart of Wales Line is a railway line running from Craven Arms in Shropshire to Llanelli in South Wales. It runs, as the name suggests, through some of the heartlands of Wales. It serves a number of rural centres en route, including several once fashionable spa towns, including Llandrindod Wells...

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Intermediate stations were built at (from north to south) Llanwrda

Llanwrda

Llanwrda is a parish and a village on the River Towy, in the county of Carmarthenshire, west Wales, 3½ miles from Llandovery, in the U.K...

, Llangadog

Llangadog

Llangadog is a community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, which includes the villages of Llangadog, Bethlehem and Capel Gwynfe. A notable local landscape feature is Y Garn Goch with two Iron Age hill forts....

, Glanrhyd

Glanrhyd

Glanrhyd may refer to -*Glanrhyd Bridge collapse, the collapse of a railway bridge over the River Towy in 1987 which killed two people on a passenger train*Glanrhyd Hospital, Penyfai, Bridgend, a number of ship with this name...

 (closed) and Talley Road (closed).