Pencarreg Halt railway station

Pencarreg Halt railway station served the hamlet and rural locale of Pencarreg from 1930 to 1965 on the old Carmarthen Aberystwyth Line in the Welsh county of Carmarthenshire.

Pencarreg
Aberystwyth - Carmarthen train at Pencarreg Halt.
Location	Pencarreg, Carmarthenshire Wales
Coordinates	52.087550°N 4.1386787°W
Grid reference	SN5356645403
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Manchester and Milford Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
9 June 1930[1]	Opened
22 February 1965[1]	Closed

History

In 1867 the Manchester and Milford Railway (M&MR) opened the railway from Pencader to Aberystwyth.[2] however in 1906 the Great Western Railway took over the line and added a halt at Pencarreg in 1930.[1] The halt became part of British Railways upon nationalisation in 1948 but was closed in 1965.[1] Photographs show that it stood on a single track section of the line, had no sidings or signalling, had one short wooden platform, a small shelter, a single oil lamp and a path leading down from the nearby road.

In December 1964 severe flooding damaged the line south of Aberystwyth and passenger services were cancelled. A limited service continued running from Carmarthen to Tregaron for a few months after the line was severed and the route was closed to passengers in February 1965, the line itself however remained open for milk traffic until 1973.[3]

Nothing now remains of the station and the trackbed is a rough track.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Llanybydder		Great Western Railway Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line		Lampeter

References

Notes

1. Butt 1995, p. 182.
2. "Manchester & Milford Railway". coflein.gov.uk. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
3. Pencarreg Railway Halt, Pencarreg Retrieved : 2018-10-27

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.

Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line
Aberystwyth Cambrian Line to Machynlleth & Shrewsbury Vale of Rheidol Railway (narrow gauge) Llanrhystyd Road Llanilar Mid-Wales Railway to Shrewsbury Felindyffryn Halt Llanidloes Trawscoed Mid-Wales Railway to Builth Wells Caradog Falls Halt Llangurig branch (never saw use) Llangurig unbuilt connection 15 miles (24 km) Strata Florida Alltddu Halt Tregaron Pont Llanio Olmarch Halt Llangybi Aberaeron branch Derry Ormond Newcastle Emlyn Pontgoch Lampeter Teifi Valley Railway (narrow gauge) Henllan Pencarreg Halt Alltycefn Tunnel Llanybydder Pentrecourt Platform Maesycrugiau Llandyssul Bryn Teifi Pencader Junction Pencader Pencader Tunnel 985 yd 901 m Llanpumpsaint Conwil Danycoed Halt Llwyfan Cerrig Gwili Railway Bronwydd Arms Abergwili Junction Heart of Wales line Carmarthen Town River Gwili Carmarthen West Wales Line to Swansea