Pont Llanio railway station

Pont Llanio railway station
Location
Place	Pont Llanio
Area	Ceredigion
Operations
Original company	Manchester and Milford Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	1
History
1 September 1866[1]	Opened
22 February 1965[1]	Closed
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Pont Llanio railway station was a railway station in Wales on the former Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line near Llanddewi Brefi.

The railway station was built with only a single platform and building on the up side. The platform, small goods shed in the former yard and a cast-iron water tank^[2] was situated next to a creamery, built near the station in 1896.^[3] Producing 5 tonnes of butter per week by 1905, regular milk train services to the later Milk Marketing Board-owned plant allowed distribution all over the United Kingdom.^[4]

The Great Western Railway took over the service in 1906, and fully absorbed the line in 1911. The Great Western Railway and 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 in December 1964 closed that section of line. 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 Pont Llanio until 1970.^[5] Pont Llanio was the nearest station to the village of Llanddewi Brefi, which became well known as a result of the BBC comedy show Little Britain.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Olmarch Halt		Great Western Railway Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line		Tregaron

Manchester and Milford Railway

Legend Aberystwyth A&WCR to Pwllheli Vale of Rheidol Railway Newtown and Machynlleth Railway Llanrhystyd Road O&NR to Manchester Llanilar L&NR Llanidloes Felindyffryn Halt Mid-Wales Railway to Builth Wells Trawscoed Llangurig Caradog Falls Halt Llangurig branch unbuilt connection 15 miles (24 km) Aberayron Strata Florida Llanerch-Ayron Halt Alltddu Halt Crossways Halt Tregaron Ciliau-Aeron Halt Pont Llanio Felin Fach Olmarch Halt Talsarn Halt Llangybi Blaenplwyf Halt Derry Ormond Silian Halt Aberayron branch Newcastle Emlyn Lampeter Henllan (Teifi Valley Railway) Llanybydder Alltycefn Tunnel Maesycrugiau Pentrecourt Platform Bryn Teifi Llandyssul Junction to C&CR Teifi Valley route diverges west Pencader Pencader Tunnel (985 yards) Llanpumpsaint Conwil Danycoed Halt Llwyfan Cerrig Gwili Railway Bronwydd Arms Llanelly Railway to Llandovery Carmarthen Town Carmarthen GWR to Milford Haven West Wales Line to Swansea

References

1. Butt 1995, p. 187.
2. RCAHMW Retrieved : 2012-09-22
3. "Historical Background". People's Collection Wales. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
4. "Dairies in Ceredigion". Ceredigion.gov.uk. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
5. RCAHMW Retrieved : 2012-09-22

External links

• Coflein database entry for Pont Llanio railway station
• Pictures of Port Llanio Milk Factory
• Photographs of the station and area

Coordinates: 52°11′40.0″N 3°58′22.3″W / 52.194444°N 3.972861°W