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Talgarth railway station is a former railway station on the Mid-Wales Railway. It opened in 1864 and closed in 1962, serving the town of Talgarth, Powys.

History

The station was opened in 1864 concurrent with the opening of the Mid-Wales company line between Llanidloes and Talyllyn Junction; regular services commenced in September 1864 but special trains had run at the end of August.

Closure came on 31 December 1962 when all lines to Brecon including the Mid-Wales line were closed.

Present day

The original station buildings survive as private residence and the trackbed is now in use as part of the A479 road.

References

1. ^ Quick, Michael (2009) . Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 375. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
2. "Opening of the Mid-Wales Railway". Eddowe's Shrewsbury Journal. Vol. 22, no. 1, 145. 31 August 1864. p. 7 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Opening of the Mid-Wales Railway". Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian. Vol. XXXI, no. 1715. 23 September 1864. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. Mowat, C.L. (1971). "The Heyday of the British Railway system: Vanishing evidence and the historian's task". Journal of Transport History. 1 (1). Leicester University Press: 3.

• Disused railway stations in Powys
• Railway stations opened in 1864
• Railway stations closed in 1962
• Former Cambrian Railway stations
• Talgarth