Aberystwyth

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Aberystwyth (1864-)

Station code: AYW National Rail
Where: Ceredigion, Wales
Opened on the Aberystwyth and Welch Coast Railway.
Opened on the Manchester and Milford Railway.

Description

This is a terminus for both the main line trains from Shrewsbury and the Vale of Rheidol Railway.

The main line platform, number 1 (formerly 3) with a loop, is in the north of the station. The Vale of Rheidol platforms are in the south - for historical reasons platforms 4 and 5. Platforms were numbered from north to south.

The station building (built 1925, architect Harris and Sheppard) presents a rather imposing two storey frontage onto Alexandra Road, topped with a clock tower at the north end of the building.

Historically the station also served the closed Manchester and Milford Railway (from 1867 to 1964) which continued south, ultimately leading to Carmarthen.

The Aberystwyth Cliff Railway is to the north.

Tags

Terminus station




Chronology Dates

23/06/1864Aberystwyth and Welch Coast Railway
Aberystwyth opened.
  /  /1900Cambrian Railways
Starts to operate service from Merthyr to Aberystwyth.

News items

09/08/2022Timber train to Kronospan made permanent after trials on Cambrian line [The National - Wales]
06/05/2022Welsh timber returns to the railway for carbon-cutting test run [Network Rail]
02/05/2022Surprise timber trial takes 800 tonnes off Mid-Wales roads [RailFreight.com]
26/08/2021Great British rail journeys to experience - from Penzance to the Far North Line [Metro]
23/09/2020Reopening Aberystwyth-Carmarthen railway would cost significantly less than thought [Nation Cymru]
13/01/2020Work on £8m railway station at Bow Street gets under way [BBC News]
08/07/2017Vale of Rheidol's wheels for Aberystwyth Cliff Railway [BBC News]
02/07/2017Gwili Steam Railway: Full steam ahead for track opening [BBC News]
27/04/2017New railway station plans for Wales chosen for scrutiny [BBC News]
19/10/2016£300k for Aberystwyth-Carmarthen railway line study [BBC News]