Silian Halt railway station

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.

Silian Halt
Location
Place	Silian
Area	Ceredigion
Coordinates	52.1386°N 4.0736°W / 52.1386; -4.0736
Grid reference	SN5818850951
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
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

Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
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

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 that were built from wooden railway sleepers. The track was lifted in the summer of 1975.

References

Notes

1. Butt 1995, p. 212.
2. RCAHMW Retrieved : 2012-09-23
3. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• 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)
• Railscot

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