Silian Halt railway station

Silian Halt
General information
Location	Silian, Ceredigion Wales
Coordinates	52°08′19″N4°04′25″W / 52.1386°N 4.0736°W / 52.1386; -4.0736
Grid reference	SN5818850951
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Pre-grouping	Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
12 May 1911	Station opens
12 February 1951 [1]	Station closes (last train)
7 May 1951	Station closes (official) [1]
1963	Line closed for general freight
1 October 1973	Line closed for milk traffic
Location

v t e Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Legend
Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line Lampeter Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line Silian Halt A485 Afon Denys Blaenplwyf Halt Talsarn Halt B4342 Felin Fach Green Grove Creamery Ciliau-Aeron Halt Crossways Halt Llanerch-Ayron Halt Afon Aeron Aberayron

The Silian Halt railway station ^[2] was a small railway station at Silian, the first stop after the junction 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 diverged from the through line at Lampeter.

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 brick-built platform still survives, unlike others on the line which were built from wooden railway sleepers. The track was lifted in the summer of 1975.

References

Notes

1. Butt 1995, p. 212.
2. "Silian Halt, Lampeter Aberayron & New Quay Light Railway (41348)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved : 2012-09-23
3. Aberayron Branch Retrieved : 2012-09-23

Sources

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.
• A. Jowett (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN   0-906899-99-0.
• Great Western Railway Journal Vol 2 No 16 (Autumn 1995)

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Lampeter		Great Western Railway Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway		Blaenplwyf