Boughrood & Llyswen railway station

Boughrood & Llyswen
The site of the station in 1967
General information
Location	Boughrood, Powys Wales
Coordinates	52°02′30″N3°16′16″W / 52.0418°N 3.2712°W / 52.0418; -3.2712
Grid reference	SO128389
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Mid-Wales Railway
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
21 September 1864	Opened
31 December 1962	Closed
Location

Boughrood and Llyswen railway station, in Boughrood, Powys, Wales, was opened on 21 September 1864 by the Mid-Wales Railway as Boughrood Station, although excursions ran on 19 September and 20 September. ^[1] It became Boughrood and Llyswen station on 1 October 1912 while under the ownership of the Cambrian Railways. On a single track main line, it had a passing loop with platforms on either side and a signal box at the northern end of the platform to Moat Lane Junction. The station closed on 31 December 1962. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 89. OCLC   931112387.
2. "Site of Boughrood & Llyswen Station © Ben Brooksbank :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
3. "Boughrood & Llyswen". Signalling Record Society. Retrieved 8 March 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2003). Brecon to Newtown. Middleton Press. figs. 35-38. ISBN   9781906008062. OCLC   288983659.
• "More Western branch line wanderings". Back Track. Vol. 26, no. 256. Pendragon Publishing. August 2012. pp. 490–492. OCLC   613022303.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Llanstephan Halt Line and station closed		Cambrian Railways Mid-Wales Railway		Three Cocks Junction Line and station closed