Derry Ormond railway station

Derry Ormond railway station served the hamlet and rural locale of Betws Bledrws near Llangybi, as well as the mansion and estate of Derry Ormond (demolished in 1953) on the Carmarthen Aberystwyth Line in the Welsh county of Ceredigion. Opened in 1867 as Bettws, it was renamed in July 1874 in honour of the local estate, owned by the influential Jones, later Inglis-Jones, family.[3]

Derry Ormond railway station
The old station site in 2006
General information
LocationBetws Bledrws, Ceredigion
Wales
Coordinates52°08′37″N 4°03′03″W / 52.1437°N 4.0509°W / 52.1437; -4.0509
Grid referenceSN5975151483
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyManchester and Milford Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 September 1866[1]Opened as Bettws
July 1874Renamed Derry Ormond
22 February 1965[2]Closed

History

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The old station in 2008

The Manchester and Milford Railway (M&MR) opened from Pencader to Aberystwyth on 12 August 1867.[4] The line went into receivership from 1875 to 1900.

The Great Western Railway took over the service in 1906, and fully absorbed the line in 1911. The Great Western Railway and the station passed on to British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board. The OS maps and photographs show that it had one platform, a signal box, a weighing machine, and a siding. A passing loop was located just beyond the Llangybi end of the single platform.[5]

Passenger services ran through to Aberystwyth until flooding severely damaged the line south of Aberystwyth in December 1964. A limited service continued running from Carmarthen to Tregaron for a few months after the line was severed, however this was the era of the Beeching Axe and the line was closed to passengers in February 1965.

The line remained open for milk traffic until 1970. The corrugated iron station buildings are a remarkable survival of a small station little altered since Great Western Railway, in GWR colours, which served the combined function of waiting room and ticket office.[5][6]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Lampeter   Great Western Railway
Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line
  Llangybi

References

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Notes
  1. ^ Butt 1995, p. 33.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 78.
  3. ^ National Library of Wales Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved : 2012-09-22
  4. ^ "Manchester and Milford Railway (91660)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  5. ^ a b Derelict Miscellany Retrieved : 2012-09-21
  6. ^ Derelict Places Retrieved : 2012-09-22
Sources
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Manchester and Milford Railway
Aberystwyth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Llanrhystyd Road
 
 
Llanilar
 
 
 
Felindyffryn Halt
 
 
Llanidloes
Trawscoed
 
 
 
Caradog Falls Halt
 
 
 
 
 
 
Llangurig
 
 
 
 
unbuilt connection
15 miles (24 km)
Aberayron
 
 
 
 
Llanerch-Ayron Halt
 
 
Strata Florida
Crossways Halt
 
 
Alltddu Halt
Ciliau-Aeron Halt
 
 
Tregaron
Felin Fach
 
 
Pont Llanio
Talsarn Halt
 
 
Olmarch Halt
Blaenplwyf Halt
 
 
 
Llangybi
Silian Halt
 
 
 
 
Derry Ormond
Newcastle Emlyn
 
 
 
Pontgoch
 
 
 
Lampeter
 
 
 
Henllan
 
 
 
Pencarreg Halt
Alltycefn Tunnel
 
 
Llanybydder
Pentrecourt Platform
 
 
Maesycrugiau
Llandyssul
 
 
 
Bryn Teifi
Teifi Valley route
(Carmarthen & Cardigan Rly)
 
 
 
 
Pencader Junction
 
 
 
Pencader
 
Pencader Tunnel
985 yd
901 m
 
Llanpumpsaint
 
Conwil
Danycoed Halt
 
Llwyfan Cerrig
 
 
Bronwydd Arms
 
Abergwili Junction
 
 
 
Carmarthen Town
 
 
Carmarthen