Glanyrafon railway station

Railway station in Ceredigion, Wales

52°24′16″N 4°02′17″W / 52.404515°N 4.037931°W / 52.404515; -4.037931Operated byVale of Rheidol RailwayPlatforms1HistoryOriginal companyVale of Rheidol RailwayPre-groupingCambrian RailwaysPost-groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates7 May 1904 (1904-05-07)Opened31 August 1939Temporarily closed23 July 1945Reopened

Glanyrafon railway station (formerly Glanrafon) is a railway station serving Glanyrafon in Ceredigion in Mid-Wales. It is a request stop on the preserved Vale of Rheidol Railway. It is 2 miles 26 chains (3.74 km) from Aberystwyth and has no surviving station buildings or platforms, passengers are required to step down from the train to the grass below.[1]

In 2012, an RETB signalling mast, which was part of the Cambrian Line infrastructure, was removed from the station by contractors working for Network Rail, having been in place since the 1980s.

Preceding station Heritage Railways  Heritage railways Following station
Llanbadarn   Vale of Rheidol Railway   Capel Bangor

References

  1. ^ Yonge, John (March 2005) [1990]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 4: Midlands & North West (2nd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 23E. ISBN 0-9549866-0-1.


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