Rhayader railway station

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Rhayader
Rhayader station with local Mid-Wales line train geograph-2540449-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Local train entering the station in 1949
Location Cwmdauddwr, Powys
Wales
Coordinates 52°18′00″N3°31′02″W / 52.2999°N 3.5172°W / 52.2999; -3.5172 Coordinates: 52°18′00″N3°31′02″W / 52.2999°N 3.5172°W / 52.2999; -3.5172
Grid reference SN965679
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Mid Wales
Pre-grouping Cambrian Railways [1]
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Key dates
21 September 1864Opened. [2]
31 December 1962Closed. [2]
The station in July 1962 Rhyader 7 62564 1 copy.jpg
The station in July 1962
Platform scene shortly before closure Rhayader station.jpg
Platform scene shortly before closure

Rhayader railway station was a station serving the town of Rhayader, Powys, on the Mid Wales Railway line.

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It was opened in 1864 in Cwmdauddwr, a village on the opposite bank of the River Wye. The line, which took over 5 years to build, was closed in 1962 and dismantled within months.

The station was the junction for the Elan Valley Railway which was in operation between 1896 and 1916.

The site of the station is now occupied by Powys county council's highways department.

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References

Notes

  1. Awdry, pages 2021.
  2. 1 2 Butt, page 196

Sources

Further reading

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Marteg Halt
Line and station closed
  Cambrian Railways
Mid Wales Railway
  Doldowlod
Line and station closed