Ammanford Colliery Halt railway station

Ammanford Colliery Halt
Location
Place	Ammanford
Area	Carmarthenshire
Operations
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
History
1 May 1905	Station opened
18 August 1958	Station closed
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This article is about the former GWR station at Ammanford Colliery. For the current station see Ammanford railway station.

Ammanford Colliery Halt railway station, served the colliery near Ammanford, West Wales. Opened to serve the colliery, the station closed, leaving the current Ammanford station providing trains for the area.

History

Opened by the Great Western Railway, the halt stayed with that company during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The station was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

References

Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
Station on navigable O.S. map. Station east of town in Pontamman.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Ammanford (GWR) Line and station closed		Great Western Railway		Glanamman Line and station closed

Coordinates: 51°47′37″N 3°58′48″W / 51.793632°N 3.979925°W / 51.793632; -3.979925

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