Aberystwyth railway station
Aberystwyth 
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Terminus at Aberystwyth Station
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| Location | |
| Place | Aberystwyth |
| Local authority | Ceredigion |
| Coordinates | 52°24′50″N 4°04′54″W / 52.4139°N 4.08157°WCoordinates: 52°24′50″N 4°04′54″W / 52.4139°N 4.08157°W |
| Grid reference | SN585815 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | AYW |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 1 (standard gauge) 1 (narrow gauge) |
| DfT category | D |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.326 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.323 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.307 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.304 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.322 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Cambrian Railways / Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| 23 June 1864 | Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway station opens |
| 19 July 1867 | Manchester and Milford Railway station opens; later amalgamates with A&WC station |
| 22 December 1902 | Vale of Rheidol Aberystwyth Smithfield station opens |
| 31 July 1925 | Great Western Railway (Vale of Rheidol) station opens adjacent to standard gauge station replacing Aberystwyth Smithfield |
| 31 August 1939 | Great Western (Vale of Rheidol) station closes (World War 2) |
| 23 July 1945 | Great Western (Vale of Rheidol) station reopens |
| 1964 | Carmarthen Line services cease |
| 17 April 1968 | Vale of Rheidol Railway services start from combined station using the Carmarthen Line platforms - Great Western (Vale of Rheidol) station closes |
| Listed status | |
| Listing grade | Grade II listed (since 24 November 1987) |
| Entry number | 9930 |
| Added to list | 12 July 1981 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Aberystwyth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Aberystwyth railway station is a railway station in the seaside and university town of Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales. It is served by passenger trains operated by Arriva Trains Wales: it is the terminus of the Cambrian Line 81 1⁄2 miles (131.2 km) west of Shrewsbury. It is also the terminus of the narrow-gauge Vale of Rheidol Railway.
The original station was built in the 1860s by the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway for trains on the now-closed route from Carmarthen to Aberystwyth via Lampeter, and the route to Machynlleth which remains today. The station was greatly extended in 1925 by the Great Western Railway: the original station building on one side of the platforms was replaced by a grand terminus building.
At that time the station had five platforms: Platform 1 at the south-east end of the station and two island platforms. Platforms 1 and 2 were essentially bay platforms, each of the same length (and shorter than the other three). They were used for the Carmarthen services (though Platform 2 was occasionally used for main-line trains). The Carmarthen line was closed in 1965. The former Platform 3 is on the other side of Platform 2; it is the only platform still in use for mainline rail, and has been redesignated as Platform 1 in recent years. The former Platform 4 (closed in 1982, track removed) is now taken up by the "Craft" freecycling shop. At that time the signal box was also closed. Access to the station and the station facilities is now primarily via the original 1864 building. The running-around line between these two, for locomotive-hauled trains, still exists. Platform 5 (closed in the 1960s) was an emergency platform on the other side of Platform 4, but little trace remains. This area is now an oil storage area and the marshalling yard has become the Rheidol Retail Park.
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