Caradog Falls Halt railway station was one of five new halts on the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line

Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line

The Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line was a 4 ft 8½-in standard-gauge branch line of the Great Western Railway in Wales, connecting Carmarthen and Aberystwyth....

 (originally called the Manchester and Milford Railway before being transferred to the GWR

Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...

), which were constructed during the 1930s. The halt opened in September 1932 to serve the nearby hamlet of Tynygraig, where a short tunnel ran underneath the road. Also intended for the convenience of any visitors to the waterfalls. The station closed in December 1964 when services were truncated at Strata Florida, following flood damage to the line at Llanilar

Llanilar

Llanilar is a village in Ceredigion, Wales, about 4 kilometres southeast of Aberystwyth.- History & Amenities :The village was built along the southern side of the River Ystwyth and contains a parish church, Nonconformist chapel, post office, primary school, GP Surgery and garage. The church is...

. Formal closure was confirmed two months later.

Further reading

• Holden, J.S. (1979, revised 2nd edition 2007): The Manchester & Milford Railway, Oakwood Press, ISBN 978-0-85361-658-0