Rhayader railway station

Rhayader
Local train entering the station in 1949
General information
Location	Cwmdauddwr, Powys Wales
Coordinates	52°18′00″N3°31′02″W / 52.2999°N 3.5172°W / 52.2999; -3.5172
Grid reference	SN965679
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Mid Wales
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways [1]
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
21 September 1864	Opened. [2]
31 December 1962	Closed. [2]
Location

The station in July 1962

Platform scene shortly before closure

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

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.

References

Notes

1. Awdry, pages 20–21.
2. Butt, page 196

Sources

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies . Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   1-8526-0049-7. OCLC   19514063. CN 8983.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Dewick, Tony (2005). Britain's Railways: Rail Atlas 1890 (1st ed.). Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN   0-7110-3031-6. OCLC   58554883.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC   22311137.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Brecon to Newtown. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 75-80. ISBN   9781906008062. OCLC   288983659.

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