Llanbrynmair railway station

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Llanbrynmair
Llanbrynmair Station, Cambrian Railway - geograph.org.uk - 213302.jpg
Llanbrynmair station building, well preserved after conversion to private residential accommodation, August 2006
General information
Location Llanbrynmair, Powys
Wales
Coordinates 52°36′52″N3°37′49″W / 52.6144°N 3.6302°W / 52.6144; -3.6302
Grid reference SH896031
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Newtown and Machynlleth Railway
Pre-grouping Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Key dates
3 January 1863Opened [1] [ page needed ]
14 June 1965Closed [1]
Listed Building – Grade II
FeatureLlanbrynmair Railway Station and house
Designated31 January 1997
Reference no.18118 [2]
Former road crossing, now closed, at Llanbrynmair station Road Closed - geograph.org.uk - 213307.jpg
Former road crossing, now closed, at Llanbrynmair station

Llanbrynmair railway station was a railway station on the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway (N&MR) in Mid-Wales, serving the village of Llanbrynmair.

After leaving Newtown (Powys), the N&MR crossed the River Severn and passed the Cambrian Mountains through Talerddig cutting, junctioning with the Mawddwy Railway at Cemmes Road. It then proceeded to Machynlleth.

Llanbrynmair shut under the Beeching Axe in 1965, although the station building itself remains today as a private house.

After a fatality in October 1999, the adjacent level crossing was closed and the road was diverted. [3] On 21 October 2024 two trains collided near the site of the former station, resulting in one fatality and 15 injuries. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Jenkins & Loader 2015
  2. Cadw. "Llanbrynmair Railway Station and house (18118)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  3. "Rail safety review after death". BBC. 6 May 2000. Retrieved 11 January 2008.
  4. "Man dies after collision of two trains". BBC News. 21 October 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

Sources

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Commins Coch Halt
Line open, station closed
  Great Western Railway
Newtown and Machynlleth Railway
  Talerddig
Line open, station closed