Talsarn Halt Railway Station
Talsarn Halt was a small railway station in a very rural location 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. The single platform was built from wooden railway sleepers and can still be seen from the nearby road.
Micro-history
Dylan Thomas lived in nearby Talsarn in the 1940s.
References
Notes
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 226.
- ^ "Talsarn Halt, Lampeter Aberayron & New Quay Light Railway (41350)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved : 2012-09-23
- ^ Aberayron Branch Retrieved : 2012-09-23
- ^ Thomas 2000.
Sources
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
- 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]
- Thomas, David N. (2000). Dylan Thomas: A Farm, Two Mansions and a Bungalow. Seren. ISBN 1-85411-275-9.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaenplwyf | Great Western Railway Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway |
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