Aberayron railway station

Aberayron railway station in Aberaeron was the terminus of the Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway branch line of the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line in Ceredigion, Wales. The branch diverged from the through line at Lampeter.

Aberayron
Aberaeron station, 6 April 1958
General information
LocationAberaeron, Ceredigion
Wales
Coordinates52.2376°N 4.2579°W / 52.2376; -4.2579
Grid referenceSN459623
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Pre-groupingLampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
12 May 1911Opened[1]
12 February 1951Closed (last passenger train)[1]
7 May 1951Closed for passengers (official)
5 April 1965closed completely
Lampeter, Aberayron and
New Quay Light Railway
Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line
 Lampeter
Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line
 Silian Halt
A485
Afon Denys
Blaenplwyf Halt
Talsarn Halt
B4342
 Felin Fach
 Green Grove Creamery
 Ciliau-Aeron Halt
 Crossways Halt
Llanerch-Ayron Halt
Afon Aeron
 Aberayron

History

The station was incorporated into the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. Passenger services were discontinued in 1951 and freight in 1963. The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1934 to 1939.[2][3] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Western Region from 1952 to 1956, the coach was joined by another so there were two coaches from 1957 to 1962.[4]

The last freight train left Aberaeron on 2 April 1965.[5] The station site was later built over for commercial use.

References
  1. Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 41. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  2. McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 31. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  3. Fenton, Mike (1999). Camp Coach Holidays on the G.W.R. Wild Swan. p. 52. ISBN 1-874103-53-4.
  4. McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. p. 112. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
  5. "Pictures show rural railway at end of age of steam". BBC News. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

Further reading
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  • Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
  • "The Aberayron Branch". Great Western Railway Journal. Vol. 2, no. 16. Autumn 1995. pp. 662–688.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Llanerch-Ayron   Great Western Railway
Lampeter, Aberayron and
New Quay Light Railway		   Terminus


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