Pont Llanio railway station

Pont Llanio railway station was a railway station in Wales on the former Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line near Llanddewi Brefi.

Pont Llanio railway station
Location
Place	Pont Llanio
Area	Ceredigion
Operations
Original company	Manchester and Milford Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	1
History
1 September 1866[1]	Opened
22 February 1965[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

The railway station was built with only a single platform and building on the up side. The platform, small goods shed in the former yard and a cast-iron water tank[2] was situated next to a creamery, built near the station in 1896.[3] Producing 5 tonnes of butter per week by 1905, regular milk train services to the later Milk Marketing Board-owned plant allowed distribution all over the United Kingdom.[4]

The Great Western Railway took over the service in 1906, and fully absorbed the line in 1911. The Great Western Railway and the station passed on to British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board.

Although proposed for closure in the Beeching Report serious damage due to flooding south of Aberystwyth in December 1964 closed that section of line. The cost of repairs was deemed unjustified and led to the withdrawal of passenger services in February 1965, however milk trains continued to run from Carmarthen to Pont Llanio until 1970.[5] Pont Llanio was the nearest station to the village of Llanddewi Brefi, which became well known as a result of the BBC comedy show Little Britain.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Olmarch Halt		Great Western Railway Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line		Tregaron

Manchester and Milford Railway
Aberystwyth Aberystwith & Welsh Coast Rly to Pwllheli Vale of Rheidol Railway (narrow gauge) Llanrhystyd Road Newtown & Machynlleth Rly Llanilar Oswestry & Newtown Rly to Manchester Felindyffryn Halt Llanidloes (L&NR) Trawscoed Mid-Wales Railway to Builth Wells Caradog Falls Halt Llangurig branch Llangurig Aberayron branch unbuilt connection 15 miles (24 km) Aberayron Llanerch-Ayron Halt Strata Florida Crossways Halt Alltddu Halt Ciliau-Aeron Halt Tregaron Felin Fach Pont Llanio Talsarn Halt Olmarch Halt Blaenplwyf Halt Llangybi Silian Halt Derry Ormond Newcastle Emlyn Pontgoch Lampeter Teifi Valley Railway (narrow gauge) Henllan Pencarreg Halt Alltycefn Tunnel Llanybydder Pentrecourt Platform Maesycrugiau Llandyssul Bryn Teifi Teifi Valley route (Carmarthen & Cardigan Rly) Pencader Junction Pencader Pencader Tunnel 985 yd 901 m Llanpumpsaint Conwil Danycoed Halt Llwyfan Cerrig Gwili Railway Bronwydd Arms Abergwili Junction Llanelly Railway to Llandovery Carmarthen Town River Gwili Carmarthen Great Western Railway to Milford Haven West Wales Line to Swansea

Notes

1. Butt 1995, p. 187.
2. RCAHMW Retrieved : 2012-09-22
3. "Historical Background". People's Collection Wales. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
4. "Dairies in Ceredigion". Ceredigion.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
5. RCAHMW Retrieved : 2012-09-22

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.

External links

• Coflein database entry for Pont Llanio railway station
• Pictures of Port Llanio Milk Factory
• Photographs of the station and area