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The Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway was a branch of the Carmarthen Aberystwyth Line in west Wales. It ran between the seaside town of Aberaeron (formerly anglicised as 'Aberayron') and Lampeter. Stations and halts included: *Aberayron *Llanerch-Ayron Halt (now spelled Llanerchaeron) *Crossways Halt *Ciliau Aeron Halt *Felinfach *Talsarn Halt *Blaenplwyf Halt *Silian Halt *Lampeter ==History== The station was opened in 1911 between Aberaeron Junction, which was located several miles north of Lampeter on the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line, and the town of Aberaeron (the spelling was anglicised by the GWR to Aberayron) but was closed to passengers by 1951. The route was originally intended to terminate at Aberaeron Harbour, but due to lack of agreement with the harbour's owners, it was terminated short at the Aberaeron-to-Lampeter main road (now the A482). A proposed line to New Quay, intended to be built after the Aberaeron line was operational, was never built. There were many halts on the route, but the only intermediate passing loop was located at the principal station on the line, Felinfach. Passenger trains were operated as a branch line meeting main-line trains at Lampeter. Trains were operated by the GWR from the outset, typically using GWR 0-6-0PT and GWR 6400 Class Pannier Tanks or GWR 1400 Class locomotives with a GWR Autocoach. Freight trains generally also used GWR 0-6-0PT Pannier Tank or GWR 1400 Class GWR 6400 Class locomotives with occasional visits from GWR 2251 Class locomotives on larger trains. An engine shed which was a sub-shed of Aberystwyth Engine shed was provided to house the branch locomotives. After the end of passenger services, freight trains continued to run to all stations. There was a huge boost to freight traffic in 1950 with the building of a large new milk creamery alongside the line at Green Grove, which was two miles west of Felinfach. This milk creamery provided much extra traffic during its construction, and after its opening it provided large quantities of milk traffic using six-wheel milk tankers which were first taken to Lampeter, then combined with milk traffic from Pont Llanio milk creamery near Tregaron on the Carmarthen and Aberystwyth line to the freight yards in Carmarthen where they would be combined with other milk tankers from Whitland and other West Wales milk creameries and then on to London. In 1963 general freight traffic from the line was discontinued and the line was truncated to the milk creamery at Green Grove. Several special passenger trains ran on the line before this closure, including the one and only diesel multiple unit to travel the whole length of the line, which was a British Rail Class 120 unit in early British Railways green livery. The milk tanker traffic from the milk creamery at Green Grove near Felinfach was the only traffic using the line. This traffic continued using diesel locomotives such as British Rail Class 35 into the late 1960s and British Rail Class 37 until the end of the milk tanker traffic in 1973. Again, several special passenger trains ran on the route, including British Rail Class 120 and British Rail Class 119 diesel multiple units. The track was left ''in situ'' for a further 18 months before being lifted during summer 1975. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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