Three Cocks Junction railway station

Three Cocks Junction
Three Cocks Junction in 1960
General information
Location	Three Cocks (Aberllynfi), Powys Wales
Coordinates	52°01′39″N3°12′55″W / 52.0274°N 3.2152°W / 52.0274; -3.2152
Platforms	4 [1]
History
Previous names	Three Cocks
Original company	Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1864	Opened [2]
1962	Closed [3]
Location

Three Cocks Junction railway station (colloquially as Lucky Man Junction) ^[4] was a station in Three Cocks, Powys, Wales. The station closed in 1962. ^[3] The station had a signal box. ^[5]

References

1. "Radnorshire's Lost Gem: the Mid Wales Railway". Radnorshire Society. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
2. Holland 2013, pp. 112–113
3. "Hereford Hay on Wye and Brecon Railway". Historic England. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
4. "The Mid Wales Railway (and related lines)". Welsh Railways Research Circle. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
5. "Three Cocks Jcn". Signalling Record Society. Retrieved 9 March 2017.

Sources

• Holland, Julian (2013). Dr Beeching's Axe 50 Years On: Memories of Britain's Lost Railways. David & Charles. ISBN   9781446302675. OCLC   841669693.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2003). Brecon to Newtown. Middleton Press. figs. 29-34. ISBN   9781906008062. OCLC   288983659.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Branch Lines around Hay-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 110-120. ISBN   9781904474920. OCLC   263292706.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Boughrood & Llyswen Line and station closed		Cambrian Railways Mid-Wales Railway		Talgarth Line and station closed
Glasbury-on-Wye Line and station closed		Midland Railway Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway