Former Railway near Llanerchaeron - geograph

Llanerch-Ayron Halt was a small

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on the Aberayron branch of the

Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line Carmarthen (, RP: ; cy, Caerfyrddin , " Merlin's fort" or "Sea-town fort") is the county town of Carmarthenshire and a community in Wales, lying on the River Towy. north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay. The population was 14,185 in 2011, d ...

in the

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county of Ceredigion serving the nearby estate of

Llanerchaeron Llanerchaeron, known as "Llanayron House" to its nineteenth-century occupants, is a grade I listed mansion on the River Aeron, designed and built in 1795 by John Nash for Major (later Colonel) William Lewis as a model, self-sufficient farm comp ...

. Opened by the

Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway The Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway was an independent branch line railway in south west Wales. It connected Aberayron (later spelt Aberaeron) to the former Manchester and Milford Railway line at Lampeter; New Quay was never reached ...

, the branch to Aberayron diverged from the through line at

Lampeter Lampeter (; cy, Llanbedr Pont Steffan (formal); ''Llambed'' (colloquial)) is a town, community and electoral ward in Ceredigion, Wales, at the confluence of the Afon Dulas with the River Teifi. It is the third largest urban area in Ceredigion, ...

History

The branch was incorporated into the

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...

at the

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of 1923, passing on to the

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in 1948. Passenger services were discontinued in 1951, general freight in 1963 and milk traffic from near Felin Fach ceased in 1973. The halt had a single platform and the line nearby was placed in cuttings to hide the line from the owners of the

estate. The trackbed here is now a footpath, and the platform, nameboard and pagoda-roofed GWR shelter have been restored.Llanerchayron Halt
Retrieved : 2012-09-25

References

;Notes ;Sources * *{{Jowett-Nationalised

''Great Western Railway Journal'' Vol 2 No 16 (Autumn 1995), pp. 662–688

External links

Llanerchayron Halt
at Railscot Former Great Western Railway stations Disused railway stations in Ceredigion Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1911 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1951 1911 establishments in Wales