Caradog Falls Halt railway station

Caradog Falls Halt
General information
Location	Tynygraig, Ceredigion Wales
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Key dates
5 September 1932	Opened
14 December 1964	Closed

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

Caradog Falls Halt railway station was one of five new halts on the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line (originally called the Manchester and Milford Railway before being transferred to the GWR), which were constructed during the 1930s.

The halt opened in September 1932 to serve the nearby hamlet of Tynygraig, where a short tunnel ran underneath the road. It was also intended for the convenience of any visitors to the waterfalls. The halt consisted of a timber platform and corrugated iron shelter.

The station closed in December 1964 when services were truncated at Strata Florida, following flood damage to the line at Llanilar. Formal closure was confirmed two months later.

No trace of the timber halt remains, and the site is now in use as a private garden.

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.

Further reading

• Holden, J.S. (1979, revised 2nd edition 2007): The Manchester & Milford Railway, Oakwood Press, ISBN 978-0-85361-658-0

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Trawscoed		Great Western Railway Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line		Strata Florida