Erwood railway station

Erwood
The former station at Erwood
General information
Location	Erwood, Powys Wales
Coordinates	52°05′10″N3°19′53″W / 52.0861°N 3.3315°W / 52.0861; -3.3315
Grid reference	SO087439
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Mid-Wales Railway
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1864	Opened
1962	Closed [1]
Location

Erwood railway station is a former station on the Mid Wales Railway in Erwood, between Brecon and Llanidloes, Powys, Wales. ^[2]

The station building has been reconstructed but the platforms remain in situ. The station house is intact with extensions. ^{[ citation needed ]}

There are three old railway carriages at Erwood on the platform edge. Two house craft exhibits and another awaits restoration. There is also a 1939 Fowler 0-4-0 industrial diesel locomotive, maker's number 22878, fleet number 'AMW No. 169', and named "Alan", ^[3] which has been cosmetically restored.^{[ citation needed ]} It is named after Alan Cunningham, the founder of Erwood Craft Centre.

The three carriages are:

• Great Western Railway six-compartment luggage composite, (body only) ^[4]
• Midland Railway six-wheel five-compartment Third (body only), built 1886 ^[5]
• GWR 587 Four-wheel Third (body only), built 1873 ^[6]

Railway trackbed now a road in Erwood.

References

1. "Moat Lane to Three Cocks Junction (exclusive)". British Railways in the 1960s. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
2. "Railway carriage restoration bid by Erwood craft centre". Mid Wales. BBC. 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
3. "Fowler 0-4-0 Diesel Shunter of 1939, Erwood Station, Powys" . Retrieved 2 January 2019.
4. "GWR Six compartment luggage composite (body only)". Vintage Carriages Trust. Archived from the original on 12 November 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
5. "MR Six-wheel 5 Compartment Third (body only) built 1886". Vintage Carriages Trust. Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
6. "GWR 587 Four-wheel Third (body only) built 1873". Vintage Carriages Trust. Archived from the original on 16 September 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2019.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Brecon to Newtown. Middleton Press. figs. 41-45. ISBN   9781906008062. OCLC   288983659.

External links

• History of Erwood Station
• Video footage of the Fowler Diesel Shunter exhibit & the station
• Video of the old weighbridge at Erwood
• Video of the old hand operated crane at Erwood

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