Tregaron railway station | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Tregaron,Ceredigion Wales | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°13′23″N3°56′10″W / 52.2230°N 3.9360°W /52.2230; -3.9360 | ||||
| Grid reference | SN6784960076 | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Manchester and Milford Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 September 1866[1] | Opened | ||||
| 22 February 1965[1] | Closed | ||||
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Tregaron was a railway station in Wales on the formerCarmarthen to Aberystwyth Line servingTregaron,Ceredigion, Wales.
TheManchester and Milford Railway (M&MR) opened fromPencader toAberystwyth on 12 August 1867.[2] The line went into receivership from 1875 to 1900.
Ordnance Survey maps show that the railway station was built with two platforms, a passing loop, a goods shed, goods yard sidings and signal box. TheGreat Western Railway (GWR) took over the service in 1906 and fully absorbed the line in 1911. The station, and GWR, passed on toBritish Railways uponnationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by theBritish Railways Board.
Although proposed for closure in theBeeching 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 fromCarmarthen to nearbyPont Llanio until 1970.[3]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Pont Llanio | Great Western Railway Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line | Alltddu Halt | ||
