Crossways Halt railway station

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Crossways Halt
General information
Location Ceredigion
Wales
Coordinates 52°12′54″N4°12′50″W / 52.2149°N 4.2138°W / 52.2149; -4.2138 Coordinates: 52°12′54″N4°12′50″W / 52.2149°N 4.2138°W / 52.2149; -4.2138
Grid reference SN4885159728
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Key dates
8 April 1929Station opened [1]
12 February 1951Station closed (last train) [1]
7 May 1951Station closed (official) [1]
1963Closed for goods traffic
Lampeter, Aberayron and
New Quay Light Railway
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Lampeter
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Silian Halt
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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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Aberayron

Crossways Halt was a small railway station on the Aberayron branch of the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line in the Welsh county of Ceredigion serving the rural area and 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.

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History

This halt was opened by the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1929. The branch was incorporated into the GWR 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 general freight services ceased in 1963. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Butt 1995, p. 73.
  2. Aberayron Branch Retrieved : 2012-09-23

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References

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