Llanilar railway station

52°21′31″N 4°01′00″W / 52.3585°N 4.0166°W / 52.3585; -4.0166Grid referenceSN6276375305Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyManchester and Milford RailwayPre-groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates12 August 1867^[1]Opened14 December 1964^[1]Closed

v t e Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line
Legend
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

Llanilar railway station^[2] was on the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line (originally called the Manchester and Milford Railway before being transferred to the Great Western Railway).

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.

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.

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

• 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