Pentrefelin railway station

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Pentrefelin
General information
Location Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Powys
Wales
Coordinates 52°48′41″N3°15′13″W / 52.8113°N 3.2536°W / 52.8113; -3.2536
Grid reference SJ155245
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Tanat Valley Light Railway
Pre-grouping Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Key dates
6 January 1904Opened [1]
15 January 1951Closed
Location
Pentrefelin railway station

Pentrefelin railway station was a station on the Tanat Valley Light Railway, located two miles south-east of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Powys, Wales serving the hamlet of Pentrefelin. The station opened in 1904 and formally closed in 1951. [2] The platform was located to the east of a level crossing on a minor road to Glantanat Isaf. The platform had a corrugated iron shelter, lamps and a nameboard. There was a goods loop on the north side of the line. The platform is still extant on farmland.

References

  1. "Anniversary of Tanat Valley Light Railway closure". Unseen Steam. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 338. OCLC   931112387.

Further reading

Preceding stationDisused railwaysFollowing station
Llanrhaiadr Mochnant
Line and station closed
  Cambrian Railways
Tanat Valley Light Railway
  Llangedwyn Halt
Line and station closed