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Henllan
(1895 - 1952)


Henallan Station opened on July 1 1895 as part of the Great Western Railway's extension of the former Carmarthen & Cardigan Railway line from Llandyssil to Newcastle Emlyn

The station had two curved facing platforms, with the main station building at the back of a forecourt serving the down platform. The brick building had a narrow canopy and housed all of the passenger facilities including booking office, waiting rooms and toilets. A smaller brick-built waiting room, also with a narrow canopy, was provided on the up platform

The goods yard comprised a goods loop running behind the up platform, which served a wide loading dock. A short siding off the loop served a coal yard. A brick goods shed stood on the dock and at the back of the yard, three further sidings fanned out, with one siding serving a cattle dock and pens close to the entrance to the goods yard which handled coal, timber and livestock plus considerable produce from the two local woollen mills

Passenger services were withdrawn on September 15 1952 but the goods yard survived until September 6 1965 when all of the station and goods yard buildings, with the exception of the wool warehouse and their offices were demolished by 1970









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