Caradog Falls Halt railway station

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.

Caradog Falls Halt
General information
LocationTynygraig, Ceredigion
Wales
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Key dates
5 September 1932Opened
14 December 1964Closed
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
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
Bronwydd Arms
Abergwili Junction
Carmarthen Town
River Gwili
Carmarthen
West Wales Line
to Swansea

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.

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