Pont Llanio railway station was a railway station in Wales on the former Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line near Llanddewi Brefi.
The railway station was built with only a single platform and building on the up side. The platform, small goods shed in the former yard and a cast-iron water tank[2] was situated next to a creamery, built near the station in 1896.[3] Producing 5 tonnes of butter per week by 1905, regular milk train services to the later Milk Marketing Board-owned plant allowed distribution all over the United Kingdom.[4]
The Great Western Railway took over the service in 1906, and fully absorbed the line in 1911. The Great Western Railway and the station passed on to British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board.
Although proposed for closure in the Beeching Report serious damage due to flooding south of Aberystwyth in December 1964 closed that section of line. The cost of repairs was deemed unjustified and led to the withdrawal of passenger services in February 1965, however milk trains continued to run from Carmarthen to Pont Llanio until 1970.[5] Pont Llanio was the nearest station to the village of Llanddewi Brefi, which became well known as a result of the BBC comedy show Little Britain.
Preceding station
Disused railways
Following station
Olmarch Halt
Great Western Railway Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line
Tregaron
v
t
e
Manchester and Milford Railway
Legend
Aberystwyth
Aberystwith &
Welsh Coast Rly
to
Pwllheli
Vale of Rheidol Railway
(narrow gauge)
Llanrhystyd Road
Newtown & Machynlleth Rly
Llanilar
Oswestry & Newtown Rly
to Manchester
Felindyffryn Halt
Llanidloes
(L&NR)
Trawscoed
Mid-Wales Railway
to Builth Wells
Caradog Falls Halt
Llangurig branch
Llangurig
Aberayron branch
unbuilt connection
15 miles (24 km)
Aberayron
Llanerch-Ayron Halt
Strata Florida
Crossways Halt
Alltddu Halt
Ciliau-Aeron Halt
Tregaron
Felin Fach
Pont Llanio
Talsarn Halt
Olmarch Halt
Blaenplwyf Halt
Llangybi
Silian Halt
Derry Ormond
Newcastle Emlyn
Pontgoch
Lampeter
Teifi Valley Railway
(narrow gauge)
Henllan
Pencarreg Halt
Alltycefn Tunnel
Llanybydder
Pentrecourt Platform
Maesycrugiau
Llandyssul
Bryn Teifi
Teifi Valley route
(Carmarthen & Cardigan Rly)
Pencader Junction
Pencader
Pencader Tunnel
985 yd
901 m
Llanpumpsaint
Conwil
Danycoed Halt
Llwyfan Cerrig
Gwili Railway
Bronwydd Arms
Abergwili Junction
Llanelly Railway
to Llandovery
Carmarthen Town
River Gwili
Carmarthen
Great Western Railway
to Milford Haven
West Wales Line
to Swansea
^ abButt 1995, p. 187.
^"Pont Llanio Railway Station, Pont Llanio (41351)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
^"Historical Background". People's Collection Wales. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
^"Dairies in Ceredigion". Ceredigion.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
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