Talsarn Halt railway station

Talsarn Halt[2] was a small railway station in a very rural location on the Aberayron branch of the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line in the Welsh county of Ceredigion. Opened by the Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway, the branch to Aberayron diverged from the through line at Lampeter.

Talsarn Halt
General information
LocationTal-sarn, Ceredigion
Wales
Coordinates52.1725°N 4.1329°W / 52.1725; -4.1329
Grid referenceSN5423754840
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 1911Station opens
12 February 1951[1]Station closes (last train)
7 May 1951Station closes (official)[1]
1963Line closed for general freight
1 October 1973Line closed for milk traffic
Summer 1975Track lifted
Lampeter, Aberayron and
New Quay Light Railway
Lampeter
Silian Halt
Afon Denys
Blaenplwyf Halt
Talsarn Halt
Felin Fach
Green Grove Creamery
Ciliau-Aeron Halt
Crossways Halt
Llanerch-Ayron Halt
Aberayron

History

The branch 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, general freight in 1963 and milk traffic in 1973.[3] The single platform was built from wooden railway sleepers and can still be seen from the nearby road.

Micro-history

Dylan Thomas lived in nearby Talsarn in the 1940s.[4]

References

Notes

  1. Butt 1995, p. 226.
  2. "Talsarn Halt, Lampeter Aberayron & New Quay Light Railway (41350)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved : 2012-09-23
  3. Aberayron Branch Retrieved : 2012-09-23
  4. Thomas 2000.

Sources

  • 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.
  • Great Western Railway Journal Vol 2 No 16 (Autumn 1995)
  • Thomas, David N. (2000). Dylan Thomas: A Farm, Two Mansions and a Bungalow. Seren. ISBN 1-85411-275-9.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Blaenplwyf   Great Western Railway
Lampeter, Aberayron and
New Quay Light Railway
  Felin Fach
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