Ciliau-Aeron Halt railway station

Ciliau-Aeron Halt[2] was a small railway station on the Aberayron branch of the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line in the Welsh county of Ceredigion serving the hamlet of Ciliau Aeron and the nearby estate of Tyglyn. Opened by the Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway, the branch to Aberayron diverged from the through line at Lampeter.

Ciliau-Aeron Halt
LocationCeredigion
Wales
Coordinates52.2100°N 4.1931°W / 52.2100; -4.1931
Grid referenceSN5020459163
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Pre-groupingLampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
12 May 1911Station 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
Lampeter
Silian Halt
Afon Denys
Blaenplwyf Halt
Talsarn Halt
Felin Fach
Green Grove Creamery
Ciliau-Aeron Halt
Crossways Halt
Llanerch-Ayron Halt
Aberayron

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 from near Felin Fach ceased in 1973.[3]

In 1957 photographs show that the brick and stone built platform had a crossing keeper's hut, lighting, a corrugated iron shelter and an old railway wagon as a store. A passing loop lay just short of the platform in the direction of Felin Fach.

Notes

  1. Butt 1995, p. 61.
  2. RCAHMW Retrieved : 2012-09-23
  3. Aberayron Branch Retrieved : 2012-09-23

References

  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • 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)
  • Railscot
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Felin Fach   Great Western Railway
Lampeter, Aberayron and
New Quay Light Railway
  Crossways
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