Silian Halt railway station

The Silian Halt railway station[2] was a small railway station at Silian, the first stop after the junction on 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 diverged from the through line at Lampeter.

Silian Halt
General information
LocationSilian, Ceredigion
Wales
Coordinates52°08′19″N 4°04′25″W / 52.1386°N 4.0736°W / 52.1386; -4.0736
Grid referenceSN5818850951
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Pre-groupingLampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
12 May 1911Station opens
12 February 1951[1]Station closes (last train)
7 May 1951Station closes (official)[1]
1963Line closed for general freight
1 October 1973Line closed for milk traffic
Lampeter, Aberayron and
New Quay Light Railway
Lampeter
Silian Halt
Blaenplwyf Halt
Talsarn Halt
Felin Fach
Green Grove Creamery
Ciliau-Aeron Halt
Crossways Halt
Llanerch-Ayron Halt
Aberayron

History

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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 brick-built platform still survives, unlike others on the line which were built from wooden railway sleepers. The track was lifted in the summer of 1975.

References

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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
Sources
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  • 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]


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