Felin Fach railway station

Felin Fach railway station
Felin Fach station building at Llwyfan Cerrig
General information
LocationFelinfach, Ceredigion
Wales
Coordinates52°11′02″N 4°09′22″W / 52.1839°N 4.1562°W / 52.1839; -4.1562
Grid referenceSN5276056065
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Pre-groupingLampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
12 May 1911Ystrad station opens[1]
1 January 1913Renamed Felin Fach[2]
12 February 1951Station closed (last train)[2]
7 May 1951Station closed (official)[2]
1963Closed for general goods traffic
1 October 1973Line closed for milk traffic
Summer 1975Track lifted
Lampeter, Aberayron and
New Quay Light Railway
Legend
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

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. ^ a b c Butt 1995, p. 95.
  3. ^ "Ystrad (Cardigan) Station;Felin Fach Station, Lampeter Aberayron & New Quay Light Railway (41364)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved : 2012-09-23
  4. ^ Aberayron Branch Retrieved : 2012-09-23
Sources
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  • Jowett, A. (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
Talsarn   Great Western Railway
Lampeter, Aberayron and
New Quay Light Railway 		  Ciliau-Aeron