Llanerch-Ayron Halt railway station
Llanerch-Ayron Halt was a small railway station on the Aberayron branch of the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line in the Welsh county of Ceredigion serving the nearby estate of Llanerchaeron. Opened by the Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway, the branch to Aberayron diverged from the through line at Lampeter.
Llanerch-Ayron Halt | |
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 Renovated station building near Llanerchaeron | |
| General information | |
| Location | Ceredigion Wales |
| Coordinates | 52.2174°N 4.2328°W |
| Grid reference | SN475600 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 2 October 1911 | Station opened |
| 12 February 1951 | Station closed (last train)[1] |
| 7 May 1951 | Station closed (official)[1] |
| 1963 | Closed for goods traffic |
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History
The branch was incorporated into the Great Western Railway at the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. Passenger services were discontinued in 1951, general freight in 1963 and milk traffic from near Felin Fach ceased in 1973.[2] The halt had a single platform and the line nearby was placed in cuttings to hide the line from the owners of the Llanerchaeron estate. The trackbed here is now a footpath and the platform, nameboard, and pagoda-roofed GWR shelter have been restored.[3]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Crossways Halt Line and station closed |
Great Western Railway Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway |
Aberayron Line and station closed |
References
- Notes
- Butt 1995, p. 146.
- Aberayron Branch Retrieved : 2012-09-23
- Llanerchayron Halt Retrieved : 2012-09-25
- Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- The Aberayron Branch Great Western Railway Journal Vol 2 No 16 (Autumn 1995), pp. 662–688