Glanyrafon railway station
Railway station in Ceredigion, Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Glanyrafon Halt railway station on the Tanat Valley Light Railway or Glan-yr-Afon Halt railway station on the Mid-Wales Railway.
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]
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Quick Facts General information, Location ...
Glanyrafon | |
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Station on heritage railway | |
General information | |
Location | Glanyrafon, Ceredigion Wales |
Coordinates | 52.404515°N 4.037931°W / 52.404515; -4.037931 |
Operated by | Vale of Rheidol Railway |
Platforms | 1 |
History | |
Original company | Vale of Rheidol Railway |
Pre-grouping | Cambrian Railways |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
7 May 1904 (1904-05-07) | Opened |
31 August 1939 | Temporarily closed |
23 July 1945 | Reopened |
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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.
More information Preceding station, Heritage railways ...
Preceding station | Heritage railways | Following station | ||
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Llanbadarn | Vale of Rheidol Railway | Capel Bangor |
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