Blaenplwyf Halt railway station
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.
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_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1825610.jpg.webp) Blaenplwyf Halt in June 1962. | |
| Location | Blaenplwyf, Ceredigion Wales |
| Coordinates | 52.1663°N 4.0965°W |
| Grid reference | SN5670754032 |
| 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 closes for milk traffic |
| Summer 1975 | Track lifted |
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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
- Butt 1995, p. 212.
- RCAHMW Retrieved : 2012-09-23
- 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
External links
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Silian | Great Western Railway Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway |
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