Talsarn Halt railway station

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Talsarn Halt
General information
Location Tal-sarn, Ceredigion
Wales
Coordinates 52°10′21″N4°07′58″W / 52.1725°N 4.1329°W / 52.1725; -4.1329 Coordinates: 52°10′21″N4°07′58″W / 52.1725°N 4.1329°W / 52.1725; -4.1329
Grid reference SN5423754840
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
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 May 1911Station opens
12 February 1951 [1] Station closes (last train)
7 May 1951Station closes (official) [1]
1963Line closed for general freight
1 October 1973Line closed for milk traffic
Summer 1975Track lifted
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

Talsarn Halt [2] was a small railway station in a very rural location 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 to Aberayron diverged from the through line at Lampeter.

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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 platform was built from wooden railway sleepers and can still be seen from the nearby road.

Micro-history

Dylan Thomas lived in nearby Talsarn in the 1940s. [4]

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Butt 1995, p. 226.
  2. "Talsarn Halt, Lampeter Aberayron & New Quay Light Railway (41350)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved : 2012-09-23
  3. Aberayron Branch Retrieved : 2012-09-23
  4. Thomas 2000.

Sources

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