Scafell Halt railway station

Scafell Halt
General information
Location	Newtown, Powys Wales
Coordinates	52°30′22″N3°21′14″W / 52.5060°N 3.3539°W / 52.5060; -3.3539
Grid reference	SO082906
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Oswestry and Newtown Railway
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1863	Opened [1] [ page needed ]
July 1891	Closed [1]
9 June 1913	Reopened [2]
1952	Closed to passengers [1]
1955	Officially closed [1]
Location

Scafell Halt was a railway station on the Cambrian Line, located to the west of Newtown, Powys, Wales; it was adjacent to Scafell Bridge on the River Severn. ^[3] The station was opened in 1863 and closed in July 1891, before reopening on 9 June 1913; it closed finally to passengers in 1952 and closed completely in 1955. ^[1] The station building was later converted to a private house.

References

1. Jenkins & Loader 2015
2. Quick, Michael. "Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: A chronology" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
3. "Great Britain: OS Six Inch, 1888-1913". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

Sources

• Jenkins, Stanley C.; Loader, Martin (2015). The Great Western Railway: Shrewsbury to Pwllheli. Vol. 5. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN   9781445642864. OCLC   898088602.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Brecon to Newtown. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 114-115. ISBN   9781906008062. OCLC   288983659.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Moat Lane Junction Line open, station closed		Cambrian Railways Llanidloes and Newtown Railway		Newtown (Powys) Line and station open