Three Cocks Junction railway station

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Three Cocks Junction
Three Cocks Junction railway station, 1960.jpg
Three Cocks Junction in 1960
General information
Location Aberllynfi, Powys
Wales
Coordinates 52°01′39″N3°12′55″W / 52.0274°N 3.2152°W / 52.0274; -3.2152
Platforms4 [1]
History
Previous namesThree Cocks
Original company Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway
Pre-grouping Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Key dates
1864Opened [2]
1962Closed [3]

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]

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References

  1. "Radnorshire's Lost Gem: the Mid Wales Railway". Radnorshire Society. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  2. Holland 2013, pp. 112–113
  3. 1 2 "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.

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Further reading

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