Ciliau-Aeron Halt railway station explained

Ciliau-Aeron Halt
Status:Disused
Borough:Ceredigion
Country:Wales
Coordinates:52.21°N -4.1931°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:1
Original:Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Pregroup:Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Postgroup:Great Western Railway
Years:12 May 1911
Events:Station opened
Years3:12 February 1951
Events3:Station closed (last train)
Years4:7 May 1951
Events4:Station closed (official)
Years5:1963
Events5:Closed for goods traffic

Ciliau-Aeron Halt[1] 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.

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.[2]

Photographs from 1957 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.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/41364/details/FELINFACH+STATION/ RCAHMW
  2. http://chasewaterstuff.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/ Aberayron Branch