Place Llanbadarn Fawr Platforms 2 | Area Ceredigion 1902 Station opens | |
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Managed by Vale of Rheidol Railway 31 August 1939 Station closes due to World War 2 Address Waun Fawr, Aberystwyth SY23 3AX, United Kingdom Similar Capel Bangor railway st, Aberffrwd railway station, Rhiwfron railway station, Glanyrafon railway station, Rheidol Falls railway st | ||
Llanbadarn railway station is a railway station serving the ancient villages of Llanbadarn Fawr and Pwllhobi near Aberystwyth in Ceredigion in Mid-Wales. It is an intermediate station on the Vale of Rheidol Railway. Alighting passengers are required to step down onto the grass as there is no platform. The Journey time is to Aberystwyth is five minutes, fifteen minutes to Capel Bangor, thirty five minutes to Aberffrwd and fifty five minutes to Devil's Bridge.
The station is at the end of a section of line from Aberystwyth that is right next to the Cambrian Line. It is also by a level crossing of the A4120. All trains towards Devil's Bridge pause briefly here to activate the level crossing before proceeding.
Approximately 250 yards beyond the station in the direction of Devils Bridge is a wooden trestle bridge, the only bridge over the river Rheidol on the line.
Llanbadarn station saw record numbers of passengers in 1957 when the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show was held at the nearby Blaendolau Fields. The railway ran a special shuttle service between Aberystwyth and Llanbadarn with a locomotive at each end.