Aberystwyth railway station
Aberystwyth railway station is located in the town of Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales; it is served by passenger trains operated by Transport for Wales. It is the terminus of both the Cambrian Line and of the narrow-gauge Vale of Rheidol Railway.- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales, UK, opened in 1865
- Also known as: “Aberystwyth station” and “AYW”
- Address: Alexandra Road, Aberystwyth, SY23 1LF
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aberystwyth Castle and Ceredigion Museum.
Aberystwyth Castle
Aberystwyth Castle is a Grade I listed Edwardian fortress located in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Mid Wales. It was built in response to the First Welsh War in the late 13th century, replacing an earlier fortress located a mile to the south. Aberystwyth Castle is situated 1,800 feet west of Aberystwyth railway station.Ceredigion Museum
Museum
Ceredigion Museum is a museum in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales. Ceredigion Museum is situated 1,000 feet northwest of Aberystwyth railway station.
Aberystwyth Town Hall
Library
Aberystwyth Town Hall is a municipal structure in Queen's Square, Aberystwyth, Wales. The structure, which was the headquarters of Aberystwyth Borough Council, has operated since 2012 as a public library and a pensioners' day centre. Aberystwyth Town Hall is situated 1,300 feet north of Aberystwyth railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penparcau and Waunfawr.
Penparcau
Village
Penparcau is a village and electoral ward in Ceredigion, Wales, situated to the south of Aberystwyth. The original village was a hamlet, but the building of extensive Art Deco style semi-detached social housing from the 1920s on transformed it.
Llanbadarn Fawr
Suburb
Llanbadarn Fawr is a village and community in Ceredigion, Wales. It is on the outskirts of Aberystwyth next to Penparcau and Southgate, and contains the hamlet Pen-dre.
Aberystwyth railway station
- Categories: dead-end railway station, break-of-gauge station, station, and transportation
- Location: Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.41389° or 52° 24′ 50″ north
Longitude
-4.08155° or 4° 4′ 54″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Operator
Network
Abbreviation
“AYW”
Open location code
9C4QCW79+H9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=station
OpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
OpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Aberystwyth railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Aberystwyth”
- Dutch: “Station Aberystwyth”
- French: “Aberystwyth”
- French: “gare d’Aberystwyth”
- Japanese: “アベリストウィス駅”
- Polish: “Aberystwyth”
- Scots: “Aberystwyth railwey station”
- Urdu: “ایبرسٹویتھ ریلوے اسٹیشن”
- Welsh: “Aberystwyth”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf Aberystwyth”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Aberystwyth”
- “Aberystwyth”
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