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Llanfyllin railway station

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Former railway station in Wales

Llanfyllin
Site of Llanfyllin station in 2017
General information
LocationLlanfyllin, Powys
Wales
Coordinates52°45′50″N 3°15′59″W / 52.7639°N 3.2665°W / 52.7639; -3.2665
Grid referenceSJ145192
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyOswestry and Newtown Railway
Pre-groupingCambrian Railways
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1863Opened
1965Closed

Llanfyllin railway station is the former terminal station of the Llanfyllin Branch of Cambrian Railways, which served the town of Llanfyllin in Powys, Wales.

The whole line opened from Llanymynech via Llansantffraid, Llanfechain and Bryngwyn in 1863, to enable access to the limestone quarries along the Llanfyllin valley. After leaving Llanymynech station, the LB crossed the Ellesmere Canal and travelled due west to Llanfyllin.

The former CR mainline from Oswestry to Welshpool closed in 1965, and so also the branchline to Llanfyllin, under British Railways' Beeching Axe. The goods shed and station survive, albeit as part of the industrial estate which now occupies the old station site. The street leading to it is still called Station Road.

References

  1. "Llanymynech Heritage Area". Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust. Retrieved 10 February 2012.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Terminus   Cambrian Railways
Llanfyllin Branch
  Bryngwyn Halt
Line and station closed
Closed railway stations in Powys
Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway
Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway
Kington and Eardisley Railway
Leominster and Kington Railway
Llanfyllin Branch
Llanidloes and Newtown Railway
Manchester and Milford Railway
Mawddwy Railway
Mid-Wales Railway
Neath and Brecon Railway
Newtown and Machynlleth Railway
Oswestry and Newtown Railway
Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway
Swansea Vale and Neath and Brecon Junction Railway
Tanat Valley Light Railway
Van Railway


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