Talsarn Halt railway station

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
Grid reference	SN5423754840
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
Summer 1975	Track lifted
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

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.

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 can still be seen from the nearby road.

Micro-history

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

References

Notes

1. 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

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   1-85260-508-1.
• Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN   0-906899-99-0.
• Great Western Railway Journal Vol 2 No 16 (Autumn 1995)
• Thomas, David N. (2000). Dylan Thomas: A Farm, Two Mansions and a Bungalow. Seren. ISBN   1-85411-275-9.

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