Talsarn Halt railway station

Talsarn Halt
Location
Place Tal-sarn
Area Ceredigion
Coordinates 52°10′21″N 4°07′58″W / 52.1725°N 4.1329°W / 52.1725; -4.1329Coordinates: 52°10′21″N 4°07′58″W / 52.1725°N 4.1329°W / 52.1725; -4.1329
Grid reference SN5423754840
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 1
History
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 closed for milk traffic
Summer 1975 Track lifted
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Talsarn Halt[2] was a small railway station in a very rural location 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.[3] The single platform was built from wooden railway sleepers and can still be seen from the nearby road.

Micro-history

Dylan Thomas lived in nearby Talsarn in the 1940s.[4]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Butt 1995, p. 226.
  2. RCAHMW Retrieved : 2012-09-23
  3. Aberayron Branch Retrieved : 2012-09-23
  4. Thomas 2000.

Sources

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


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