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Alltddu Halt railway station

Coordinates: 52°15′27″N 3°54′12″W / 52.25751°N 3.90323°W / 52.25751; -3.90323
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Alltddu Halt
General information
LocationAlltddu, Ceredigion
Wales
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Key dates
23 September 1935[1]Opened
22 February 1965[1]Closed

Alltddu Halt railway station served the hamlet of Allt-ddu, located between Lampeter and Aberystwyth on the Carmarthen Aberystwyth Line in the Welsh county of Ceredigion. The Ystwyth Trail, a multi-use rail trail, now passes the site on the trackbed of the former railway.

History

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Opened by the Great Western Railway, the station passed on to British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board. Although proposed for closure in the Beeching Report serious damage due to flooding south of Aberystwyth closed that section in December 1964. The cost of repairs was deemed unjustified and led to the withdrawal of passenger services in February 1965, however milk trains continued to run from Carmarthen to nearby Pont Llanio until 1970.[2]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Tregaron   Great Western Railway
Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line
  Strata Florida

References

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  1. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 15.
  2. ^ "Olmarch Railway Halt, Olmarch (41352)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 22 September 2012.

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52°15′27″N 3°54′12″W / 52.25751°N 3.90323°W / 52.25751; -3.90323