Llanilar railway station

Llanilar railway station was on the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line (originally called the Manchester and Milford Railway before being transferred to the Great Western Railway).

Llanilar railway station
General information
Location	Llanilar, Ceredigion Wales
Coordinates	52.3585°N 4.0166°W / 52.3585; -4.0166
Grid reference	SN6276375305
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Manchester and Milford Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
12 August 1867	Opened
14 December 1964	Closed

The course of the old railway near Llanilar.

Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line
Aberystwyth Cambrian Line to Machynlleth & Shrewsbury Vale of Rheidol Railway (narrow gauge) Llanrhystyd Road Llanilar Mid-Wales Railway to Shrewsbury Felindyffryn Halt Llanidloes Trawscoed Mid-Wales Railway to Builth Wells Caradog Falls Halt Llangurig branch (never saw use) Llangurig unbuilt connection 15 miles (24 km) Strata Florida Alltddu Halt Tregaron Pont Llanio Olmarch Halt Llangybi Aberaeron branch Derry Ormond Newcastle Emlyn Pontgoch Lampeter Teifi Valley Railway (narrow gauge) Henllan Pencarreg Halt Alltycefn Tunnel Llanybydder Pentrecourt Platform Maesycrugiau Llandyssul Bryn Teifi Pencader Junction Pencader Pencader Tunnel 985 yd 901 m Llanpumpsaint Conwil Danycoed Halt Llwyfan Cerrig Gwili Railway Bronwydd Arms Abergwili Junction Heart of Wales line Carmarthen Town River Gwili Carmarthen West Wales Line to Swansea

History

The station opened in August 1867 to serve the nearby village. The station closed in December 1964 when services were truncated at Strata Florida, following flood damage by the River Ystwyth to the line one mile east of Llanilar. Formal closure was confirmed two months later. In 2017, both platforms survive, together with some of the original spear fencing. The station had a signal box set back from the platform, and a combined waiting room and ticket office. The goods yard had a weighbridge and several sidings.

References

Notes

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

Further reading

• Holden, J.S. (1979, revised 2nd edition 2007): The Manchester & Milford Railway, Oakwood Press, ISBN 978-0-85361-658-0

External links

• Video of the station
• The old platform at Llanilar
• Llanilar Station site

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Felindyffryn Halt		Great Western Railway Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line		Llanrhystyd Road