Aberayron railway station

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Aberayron
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Aberaeron station, 6 April 1958
General information
Location Aberaeron, Ceredigion
Wales
Coordinates 52°14′15″N4°15′28″W / 52.2376°N 4.2579°W / 52.2376; -4.2579
Grid reference SN459623
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Opened12 May 1911 [1]
Closed5 April 1965
Original company Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Pre-groupingLampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Key dates
12 February 1951Closed (last passenger train) [1]
7 May 1951Closed for passengers (official)
Lampeter, Aberayron and
New Quay Light Railway
Legend
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Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line
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 Lampeter
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Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line
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 Silian Halt
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A485
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Afon Denys
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 Blaenplwyf Halt
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 Talsarn Halt
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 Felin Fach
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 Green Grove Creamery
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 Ciliau-Aeron Halt
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 Crossways Halt
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 Llanerch-Ayron Halt
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Afon Aeron
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 Aberayron

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.

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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.

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References

  1. 1 2 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

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Llanerch-Ayron   Great Western Railway
Lampeter, Aberayron and
New Quay Light Railway 		 Terminus


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