Llanilar railway station

Llanilar railway station
Location
Place Llanilar
Area Ceredigion
Coordinates 52°21′31″N 4°01′00″W / 52.3585°N 4.0166°W / 52.3585; -4.0166Coordinates: 52°21′31″N 4°01′00″W / 52.3585°N 4.0166°W / 52.3585; -4.0166
Grid reference SN6276375305
Operations
Original company Manchester and Milford Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 1
History
12 August 1867[1] Opened
14 December 1964[1] Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
UK Railways portal
The course of the old railway near Llanilar.
Carmarthen-Aberystwyth Line
Legend
Aberystwyth
Vale of Rheidol Railway
Cambrian
Line
to Machynlleth
& Shrewsbury
Llanrhystyd Road
Vale of Rheidol Railway
(narrow gauge)
Llanilar
Mid Wales Railway
to Shrewsbury
Felindyffryn Halt
Llanidloes
Trawscoed
Mid Wales Railway
to Builth
Caradog Falls Halt
Llangurig branch
(never saw use)
Strata Florida
(Ystrad Fflur)
unbuilt connection
15 miles (24 km)
Alltddu Halt
Tregaron
Pont Llanio
Olmarch Halt
Llangybi
Newcastle Emlyn
Derry Ormond
Pontgoch
Aberaeron branch
Teifi Valley Railway
(narrow gauge)
Lampeter
Henllan
Llanybydder
Pentrecourt Platform
Maesycrugiau
Llandyssul
Bryn Teifi
Pencader
Pencader Tunnel
985 yd
901 m
Llanpumpsaint
Conwil
Danycoed Halt
Llwyfan Cerrig
Gwili Railway
Bronwydd Arms
Abergwili Junction
Heart of Wales Line
Carmarthen Town
River Gwili
Carmarthen
West Wales Line

Llanilar railway station[2] was on the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line (originally called the Manchester and Milford Railway before being transferred to the Great Western Railway.

History

The station opened in August 1867 to serve the nearby village. The station closed in December 1964 when services were truncated at Strata Florida, following flood damage by the River Ystwyth to the line one mile east of Llanilar. Formal closure was confirmed two months later. In 2001 the platform survived in 2002.[2] The station had a signal box set back from the platform, a signal box and a combined waiting room and ticket office. The goods yard had a weighing machine and several sidings.

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 Butt 1995, p. 146.
  2. 1 2 RCAHMW Retrieved : 2012-09-25
Sources

Further reading

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Felindyffryn Halt   Great Western Railway
Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line
  Llanrhystyd Road
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