Aberayron railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Aberayron


caption =
locale = West Wales
borough = Cardiganshire
line = Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
manager = Great Western Railway
owner = Great Western Railway
platforms = 1
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
years = May 12 1911
events = Station opens
years3 = February 12 1951
events3 = Station closes (last train)
years4 = May 7 1951
events4 = Station closes (official)

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.

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.

The site today

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

References

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1
*cite book|author=A. Jowett, |title= Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas |publisher=Atlantic Publishing |year=2000 ISBN 0 906899 99 0

*Great Western Railway Journal Vol 2 No 16 (Autumn 1995) [http://www.steamindex.com/gwrj/gwrj2.htm]

*Railscot [http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Lampeter_Aberayron_and_New_Quay_Light_Railway/frame.htm]

*Sub Brit [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/a/aberayron/index.shtml]