Ammanford Colliery Halt railway station

Ammanford Colliery Halt
General information
Location	Ammanford, Carmarthenshire Wales
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 May 1905	Station opened
18 August 1958	Station closed
Location

Ammanford Colliery Halt railway station served the colliery near Ammanford, West Wales. Opened to serve the colliery, the station closed, leaving the current Ammanford station providing trains for the area.

History

Opened by the Great Western Railway, the halt stayed with that company during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The station was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

See also

• Ammanford railway station

References

• 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.
• Station on navigable O.S. map. Station east of town in Pontamman.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Ammanford (GWR) Line and station closed		Great Western Railway		Glanamman Line and station closed

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