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Tylwch railway station

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Former railway station in Powys, Wales

Tylwch
The former station master's house seen in 2012
General information
LocationTylwch, Powys
Wales
Coordinates52°24′36″N 3°30′56″W / 52.4101°N 3.5155°W / 52.4101; -3.5155
Grid referenceSN969802
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMid-Wales Railway
Pre-groupingCambrian Railways
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1864Opened
1939Downgraded to halt status
1962Closed

Tylwch railway station was a station in Tylwch, Powys, Wales. The station was closed in 1962.

On 16 September 1899, an accident happened at the station in which a mail train collided with an excursion train. Five people were seriously injured and a 24-year-old woman died in the incident.

References

  1. ^ "The Railway". St Harmon Community Council. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Tylwch". VisitorUK. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  3. "Disaster at Tylwch, 1899". history.powys.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2012.

Further reading


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Llanidloes
Line and station closed
  Cambrian Railways
Mid-Wales Railway
  Glan-yr-Afon 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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