Blaenplwyf Halt railway station

Disused railway station in Ceredigion, Wales

52°09′59″N 4°05′47″W / 52.1663°N 4.0965°W / 52.1663; -4.0965Grid referenceSN5670754032Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyLampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light RailwayPre-groupingLampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light RailwayPost-groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates12 May 1911Station opens12 February 1951[1]Station closes (last train)7 May 1951Station closes (official)[1]1963Line closed for general freight1 October 1973Line closes for milk trafficSummer 1975Track lifted
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Lampeter, Aberayron and
New Quay Light Railway
Legend
Lampeter
Silian Halt
A485
Afon Denys
Blaenplwyf Halt
Talsarn Halt
Felin Fach
Green Grove Creamery
Ciliau-Aeron Halt
Crossways Halt
Llanerch-Ayron Halt
Afon Aeron
 Aberayron

Blaenplwyf Halt railway station[2] was a small railway station in a very rural location, the second stop after the junction for 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 does not survive; like most of the others it was built from wooden railway sleepers.

Notes

  1. ^ a b 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

References

  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
  • 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)[1]

External links

  • Blaenplwyf Halt
  • RAILSCOT on Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway


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