A lovely calm evening on the Victorian promenade in Aberystwyth. The town became popular as a holiday destination with the arrival of the the Cambrian Railways line from Machynlleth in 1864, closely followed by rail links to Carmarthen, which resulted in the construction of the town's impressive station. The Cambrian line opened on Good Friday 1869, the same day that the new 292 metres (958 ft) Royal Pier was opened.
The railway's arrival gave rise to something of a Victorian tourist boom; the town was once even billed as the "Biarritz of Wales" and much of the promenade looks exactly the same as it did in those days.
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