Felin Fach railway station

Felin Fach railway station

Felin Fach station building at Llwyfan Cerrig
Location
Place Felinfach
Area Ceredigion
Coordinates 52°11′02″N 4°09′22″W / 52.1839°N 4.1562°W / 52.1839; -4.1562Coordinates: 52°11′02″N 4°09′22″W / 52.1839°N 4.1562°W / 52.1839; -4.1562
Grid reference SN5276056065
Operations
Original company Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Pre-grouping Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 2
History
12 May 1911 Ystrad station opens[1]
1 January 1913 Renamed Felin Fach[2]
12 February 1951 Station closed (last train)[2]
7 May 1951 Station closed (official)[2]
1963 Closed for general goods traffic
1 October 1973 Line closed for milk traffic
Summer 1975 Track lifted
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Felin Fach or Ystrad[3] was a small railway station in the rural location between Ystrad Aeron and Felinfach, the intermediate station 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 to Aberayron diverged from the through line at Lampeter.

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.[4] The station had a passing loop as shown by OS maps.

The Felin Fach station building survives on the Gwili Railway, having been dismantled and re-erected at Llwyfan Cerrig by volunteer rail enthusiasts.

References

Notes
  1. ↑ Butt 1995, p. 258.
  2. 1 2 3 Butt 1995, p. 95.
  3. ↑ RCAHMW Retrieved : 2012-09-23
  4. ↑ Aberayron Branch Retrieved : 2012-09-23
Sources

External links

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Talsarn   Great Western Railway
Lampeter, Aberayron and
New Quay Light Railway		   Ciliau-Aeron


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