Aberayron railway station

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Aberayron
Location
Location	West Wales
Area	Cardiganshire
Operations
Original company	Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	1
History
May 12, 1911	Station opens
February 12, 1951	Station closes (last train)
May 7, 1951	Station closes (official)
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
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Aberayron railway station was a small railway station, the terminus of a branch of the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line in the Welsh county of Cardiganshire. Opened by the Lampeter, Aberayron & Newquay Light Railway, the branch diverged from the through line at Lampeter.

[edit] History

The station 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, it was then closed by the British Railways Board.

The station had been the location of a Camping coach.

[edit] The site today

There is now a hardware store on the former station site.

[edit] References

• R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd.  ISBN 1 85260 508 1

• 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]

• Railscot [2]

• Sub Brit [3]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Llanerch Ayron		Great Western Railway Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway		Terminus