Aberayron railway station

Aberayron railway station in Aberaeron was the terminus of the Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway branch line of the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line in Ceredigion, Wales. The branch diverged from the through line at Lampeter.

Aberayron
Aberaeron station, 6 April 1958
General information
Location	Aberaeron, Ceredigion Wales
Coordinates	52.2376°N 4.2579°W / 52.2376; -4.2579
Grid reference	SN459623
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Opened	12 May 1911[1]
Closed	5 April 1965
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 February 1951	Closed (last passenger train)[1]
7 May 1951	Closed for passengers (official)

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

History

The station 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 and freight in 1963. The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1934 to 1939.^[2][3] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Western Region from 1952 to 1956, the coach was joined by another so there were two coaches from 1957 to 1962.^[4]

The last freight train left Aberaeron on 2 April 1965.^[5] The station site was later built over for commercial use.

References

1. Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 41. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
2. McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 31. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
3. Fenton, Mike (1999). Camp Coach Holidays on the G.W.R. Wild Swan. p. 52. ISBN 1-874103-53-4.
4. McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. p. 112. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
5. "Pictures show rural railway at end of age of steam". BBC News. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

Further reading

• 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.
• "The Aberayron Branch". Great Western Railway Journal. Vol. 2, no. 16. Autumn 1995. pp. 662–688.

External links

• Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway at Railscot
• Aberayron station at Disused stations
• Aberayron station on navigable O. S. map

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Llanerch-Ayron		Great Western Railway Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway		Terminus