Craven Arms is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire,England. It is sited on the A49 road and the Welsh Marches railway line,which link it north and south to the larger towns of Shrewsbury and Ludlow respectively. The town is enclosed to the north by the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and to the south is the fortified manor house of Stokesay Castle.
Shrewsbury railway station serves the town of Shrewsbury,in Shropshire,England. Built in 1848,it was designated a grade II listed building in 1969. Many services starting at or passing through the station are bound for Wales,and it is a key hub for its operator,Transport for Wales;services are also provided by West Midlands Railway.
Broome railway station serves the villages of Broome and Aston on Clun in Shropshire,England. It is on the Heart of Wales Line 22+3⁄4 miles (36.6 km) south west of Shrewsbury. Trains that serve the station are operated by Transport for Wales.
Church Stretton railway station is a railway station serving the town of Church Stretton in Shropshire,England on the Welsh Marches line,12+3⁄4 miles (20.5 km) south of Shrewsbury railway station;trains on the Heart of Wales line also serve the station. All trains services are operated by Transport for Wales,who also manage the station.
Llandrindod railway station serves the town of Llandrindod Wells in Powys,Mid Wales. It is a stop on the single-tracked Heart of Wales Line,51+3⁄4 miles (83.3 km) south-west of Shrewsbury.
Wellington railway station serves the town of Wellington,Shropshire,England. It is situated on the former Great Western Railway's London Paddington to Birkenhead via Birmingham Snow Hill line. Trains are operated by West Midlands Railway,and Transport for Wales.
Leominster railway station lies on the Welsh Marches Line,serving the town of Leominster in Herefordshire,England. It is situated 11+1⁄4 miles (18.1 km) north of Hereford. The station has two operational platforms,for northbound services via Ludlow and southbound via Hereford;in the past,it had three more for discontinued services to Worcester and Kington.
Llandeilo railway station serves the town of Llandeilo,Carmarthenshire in Wales. The station is 30+3⁄4 miles (49 km) north east of Swansea on the Heart of Wales Line.
Llanwrda railway station serves the village of Llanwrda near Llandovery,Carmarthenshire. Opened by the Vale of Towy Railway in 1858,the station is on the Heart of Wales Line 38+1⁄4 miles (61.6 km) north east of Swansea. The station is located below street level at the end of a lane opposite the A40 that leads to the centre of the village.
Llandovery railway station serves the market town of Llandovery,Carmarthenshire,Wales. The station is on the Heart of Wales Line 42 miles (68 km) north east of Swansea and is located at Tywi Avenue.
Llanwrtyd railway station serves the town of Llanwrtyd Wells,Powys,Wales. The station is on the Heart of Wales Line 53+1⁄2 miles (86 km) north east of Swansea. The railway station is located at street level at Station Road near the town centre. All trains serving the station are operated by Transport for Wales.
Knighton railway station serves the border market town of Knighton in Powys,Wales,although the station itself is located in Shropshire,England. It lies 32+1⁄2 miles (52.3 km) south west of Shrewsbury on the Heart of Wales Line.
Hopton Heath railway station in Hopton Heath,Shropshire,England,lies on the Heart of Wales Line,25+1⁄2 miles (41.0 km) south west of Shrewsbury.
Bucknell railway station serves the village of Bucknell in Shropshire,England 28+1⁄4 miles (45.5 km) south west of Shrewsbury on the Heart of Wales Line.
Rhyl railway station is on the Crewe to Holyhead North Wales Coast Line and serves the holiday resort of Rhyl,Wales.
Ruabon railway station is a combined rail and bus interchange serving Ruabon,Wrexham County Borough,Wales. It is the second busiest station in Wrexham County Borough in terms of passenger journeys,after the mainline station,Wrexham General. It is on the Shrewsbury to Chester Line,which is part of the former Great Western Railway mainline route from London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside which lasted until 1967.
Whitchurch (Shropshire) railway station serves the town of Whitchurch in Shropshire,England. The station is 18¾ miles (30 km) north of Shrewsbury on the Welsh Marches Line. The station is maintained and served by Transport for Wales.
Nantwich railway station serves the town of Nantwich,Cheshire,England. It is on the Crewe to Shrewsbury line 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) south west of Crewe. Opened in 1858,it was the junction for the Great Western Railway route to Wellington via Market Drayton until 1963.
The Wellington to Craven Arms Railway was formed by a group of railway companies that eventually joined the Great Western Railway family,and connected Wellington,Shropshire and Shifnal,with Coalbrookdale,Buildwas,Much Wenlock and a junction near Craven Arms. Its objectives were dominated by the iron,colliery and limestone industries around Coalbrookdale.
The Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway was an English railway company that built a standard gauge line between those places. It opened its main line in 1853.
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