Cyfronydd railway station

Cyfronydd railway station lies 5 3/4 miles or 9.2 km (5.7 mi) from Welshpool's Raven Square station on the narrow gauge Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway in Mid Wales. This is where trains pass each other when a two train service is operating. Passengers are able to alight and join trains here. The station serves the hamlet of Cyfronydd on the main Dolgellau to Welshpool road as well as Cyfronydd Hall.[2]

Countess arrives with train at Cyfronydd
Trains hauled by Countess and The Earl passing at Cyfronydd

Cyfronydd
Station on heritage railway
View of the single island platform in 2009.
LocationCyfronydd, Powys
Wales
Coordinates52.6605°N 3.2754°W / 52.6605; -3.2754
Grid referenceSJ138077
Owned byWelshpool and Llanfair Light Railway
Managed byWelshpool and Llanfair Light Railway
Platforms2
Key dates
6 April 1903opened
9 February 1931closed for passengers
3 November 1956closed completely
6 April 1963[1]reopened

Cyfronydd Hall, where former Foreign Secretary William Hague lives, is nearby.[3]

Opened on 6 April 1903[4] it was closed to passengers on 9 February 1931.[4] It was the Great Western Railway that withdrew passenger services in 1931.[5] and the line closed completely on 3 November 1956.[5]

Notes
  1. Butt 1995, p. 146.
  2. Rushton, Page 27
  3. Ward, Victoria (15 January 2015). "William Hague splashes out on £2.5million Welsh country estate". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  4. Butt 1995, p. 75.
  5. Rushton, Page 6

References
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Rushton, Gordon (2015). The Welshpool & Llanfair Railway Travellers's Guide. Llanfair Caereinion : Welshpool & Llanfair Railway.
  • Video footage of Cyfronydd Station
  • 3 minutes from Welshpool to Llanfair Caereinion
Preceding station   Heritage railways Following station
Castle Caereinion   Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway   Heniarth


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