Aberystwyth ![]() | |
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Terminus at Aberystwyth Station | |
Location | |
Place | Aberystwyth |
Local authority | Ceredigion |
Coordinates | 52°24′50″N 4°04′54″W / 52.4139°N 4.08157°WCoordinates: 52°24′50″N 4°04′54″W / 52.4139°N 4.08157°W |
Grid reference | SN585815 |
Operations | |
Station code | AYW |
Managed bi | Transport for Wales |
Nummer o platforms | 1 (standard gauge) 1 (narrow gauge) |
DfT category | D |
Live arrivals/departurs, station information an onwart connections frae National Rail Enquiries | |
Annual rail passenger uissage* | |
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History | |
Oreeginal company | Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway |
Pre-groupin | Cambrian Railways / Great Western Railway |
Post-groupin | Great Western Railway |
23 June 1864 | Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway station opens[1] |
19 July 1867 | Manchester and Milford Railway station opens; later amalgamates with A&WC station[1] |
22 December 1902 | Vale of Rheidol Aberystwyth Smithfield station opens[2] |
31 July 1925 | Great Western Railway (Vale of Rheidol) station opens adjacent to standard gauge station replacing Aberystwyth Smithfield[1][2] |
31 August 1939 | Great Western (Vale of Rheidol) station closes (World War 2) |
23 July 1945 | Great Western (Vale of Rheidol) station reopens |
1964 | Carmarthen Line services cease |
17 April 1968 | Vale of Rheidol Railway services start from combined station using the Carmarthen Line platforms - Great Western (Vale of Rheidol) station closes |
Leetit status | |
Leetin grade | Grade II listed (since 24 November 1987) |
Entry nummer | 9930 |
Addit tae leet | 12 July 1981 |
National Rail – UK railwey stations | |
* Annual estimatit passenger uissage based on sales o tickets in statit financial year(s) that end or oreeginate at Aberystwyth frae Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology mey vary year on year. | |
UK Railweys portal |
Aberystwyth railwey station is a railwey station in the seaside an varsity toun o Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales. It is sert bi passenger trains operatitt bi Transport for Wales: it is the stance o the Cambrian Line 81 1⁄2 mile (131.2 km) wast o Shrewsbury. It is awso the stance o the nairae-gauge Vale o Rheidol Railway.