Felin Fach railway station

Felin Fach or Ystrad^[3] was a small railway station in the rural location between Ystrad Aeron and Felinfach, the intermediate station on the Aberayron branch of the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line in the Welsh county of Ceredigion. Opened by the Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway, the branch to Aberayron diverged from the through line at Lampeter.

Felin Fach railway station
Felin Fach station building at Llwyfan Cerrig
General information
Location	Felinfach, Ceredigion Wales
Coordinates	52.1839°N 4.1562°W / 52.1839; -4.1562
Grid reference	SN5276056065
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Pre-grouping	Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
12 May 1911	Ystrad station opens[1]
1 January 1913	Renamed Felin Fach[2]
12 February 1951	Station closed (last train)[2]
7 May 1951	Station closed (official)[2]
1963	Closed for general goods traffic
1 October 1973	Line closed for milk traffic
Summer 1975	Track lifted
Location

v t e Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Legend
Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line Lampeter Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line Silian Halt A485 Afon Denys Blaenplwyf Halt Talsarn Halt B4342 Felin Fach Green Grove Creamery Ciliau-Aeron Halt Crossways Halt Llanerch-Ayron Halt Afon Aeron Aberayron

History

The branch was incorporated into the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. Passenger services were discontinued in 1951, general freight in 1963 and milk traffic in 1973.^[4] The station had a passing loop as shown by OS maps.

The Felin Fach station building survives on the Gwili Railway, having been dismantled and re-erected at Llwyfan Cerrig by volunteer rail enthusiasts.