Llangybi railway station (Ceredigion)

Llangybi railway station, previously served the village and rural locale of Llangybi on the Carmarthen Aberystwyth Line in the Welsh county of Ceredigion.

Llangybi railway station
General information
LocationLlangybi, Ceredigion
Wales
Coordinates52°09′22″N 4°01′57″W / 52.1560°N 4.0326°W / 52.1560; -4.0326
Grid referenceSN6104252809
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyManchester and Milford Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1873[1]Opened as a halt
22 February 1965[2]Closed

History

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The Manchester and Milford Railway (M&MR) opened from Pencader to Aberystwyth on 12 August 1867.[3] 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, and no passing loop.

Passenger services ran through to Aberystwyth until flooding severely damaged the line south of Aberystwyth in December 1964. A limited passenger service continued running from Carmarthen to Strata Florida until February 1965.

The line remained open for milk traffic until 1970.[4]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Derry Ormond   Great Western Railway
Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line
  Olmarch Halt

References

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Notes
  1. ^ "Llangybi Railway Station, Llangybi, Ceredigion (41355)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 146.
  3. ^ "Manchester &and Milford Railway (91660)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Olmarch Railway Halt, Olmarch (41352)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
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