Llangybi railway station, previously served the village and rural locale of Llangybi on the

Carmarthen Aberystwyth Line Carmarthen (, Received Pronunciation, RP: ; cy, Caerfyrddin , "Merlin's fort" or "Sea-town fort") is the county town of Carmarthenshire and a community (Wales), community in Wales, lying on the River Towy. north of its estuary in Carmarthen B ...

in the

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county of

Ceredigion Ceredigion ( , , ) is a county in the west of Wales, corresponding to the historic county of Cardiganshire. During the second half of the first millennium Ceredigion was a minor kingdom. It has been administered as a county since 1282. Cere ...

History

The

Manchester and Milford Railway The Manchester and Milford Railway was a Welsh railway company, intended to connect Manchester and the industrial areas of Northwest England with a deep-water port on Milford Haven, giving an alternative to the Port of Liverpool. Despite the tit ...

(M&MR) opened from Pencader to

Aberystwyth Aberystwyth () is a university and seaside town as well as a community in Ceredigion, Wales. Located in the historic county of Cardiganshire, means "the mouth of the Ystwyth". Aberystwyth University has been a major educational location in ...

on 12 August 1867. The line went into receivership from 1875 to 1900. 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 ...

took over the service in 1906, and fully absorbed the line in 1911. The

and the station passed on to

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in 1948. It was then closed by the

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. The OS maps and photographs show that it had one platform, and no passing loop. Passenger services ran through to

until flooding severely damaged the line south of Aberystwyth in December 1964. A limited passenger service continued running from

Carmarthen 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, ...

Strata Florida Strata Florida Abbey ( cy, Abaty Ystrad Fflur) () is a former Cistercian abbey situated just outside Pontrhydfendigaid, near Tregaron in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. The abbey was founded in 1164. is a Latinisation of the Welsh ; 'Valley of F ...

until February 1965. The line remained open for milk traffic until 1970.

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Disused railway stations in Ceredigion Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1873 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965 Former Great Western Railway stations Beeching closures in Wales {{Wales-railstation-stub