Llanarthney Halt railway station

Llanarthney
Llanarthney
	The site of the station, looking west towards Carmarthen, in 2003
General information
Location	Llanarthney, Carmarthenshire ; Wales
Coordinates	51°51′49″N4°07′55″W / 51.8637°N 4.1319°W
Grid reference	SN533205
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Llanelly Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Key dates
1 June 1865	Opened as Llanarthney
1954	Name changed to Llanarthney Halt
9 September 1963	Closed

Last updated December 30, 2023

Llanarthney railway station served the village of Llanarthney, in the historical county of Carmarthenshire, Wales, from 1865 to 1963 on the Llanelly Railway.

History

The station was opened as Llanarthney on 1 June 1865 by the Llanelly Railway. It was downgraded to a request stop on 1 April 1880 due to a dispute with London North Western Railway but the normal service resumed in June of the same year.^[1] The suffix 'halt' was added to its name in 1954. The station closed on 9 September 1963.^[2] The site is now a private residence.^[3]

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References

↑ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 505. OCLC 931112387.
↑ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 268. OCLC 931112387.
↑ "Former Llanarthney station © Ben Brooksbank cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Nantgaredig Line and station closed		Llanelly Railway		Dryslwyn Line and station closed

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[1] Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 505. OCLC 931112387.

[2] Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 268. OCLC 931112387.

[LlanarthneyStationInfo-3] "Former Llanarthney station © Ben Brooksbank cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

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