Silian Halt railway station

52°08′19″N 4°04′25″W / 52.1386°N 4.0736°W / 52.1386; -4.0736Grid referenceSN5818850951Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyLampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light RailwayPre-groupingLampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light RailwayPost-groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates12 May 1911Station opens12 February 1951^[1]Station closes (last train)7 May 1951Station closes (official)^[1]1963Line closed for general freight1 October 1973Line closed for milk traffic

v t e Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
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Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line Lampeter Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line Silian Halt A485 Afon Denys Blaenplwyf Halt Talsarn Halt B4342 Felin Fach Green Grove Creamery Ciliau-Aeron Halt Crossways Halt Llanerch-Ayron Halt Afon Aeron Aberayron

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.

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 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.

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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