Where is Kilgerran Halt railway station?

Kilgerran Halt railway station is in Mid Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.0534°, -4.6237°.

Heritage railway stations · Mid Wales

Kilgerran Halt railway station

Kilgerran Halt railway station in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.

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Kilgerran Halt railway station is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Kilgerran Halt railway station served the village of Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, Wales, from 1886 to 1963 on the Whitland and Cardigan Railway.

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The station was formally opened on 31 August 1886 by the Whitland and Cardigan Railway. although a day later they were taken over by the Great Western Railway, It was situated on the east side of a minor road. It was going to be called Cilgerran but the GWR preferred the former spelling of the nearby village, Kilgerran. Opposite the platform was a loop with a nearby goods yard, comprising two sidings. It had a stone-built goods shed and a cattle dock. It was downgraded to an unstaffed halt in September 1956, thus the suffix 'Halt' was added to its name. It closed to passengers on 10 September 1962 and closed to goods on 27 May 1963. The goods yard remained open as a non rail connected coal…

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