Tylwch railway station

Tylwch
The former station master's house seen in 2012
General information
Location	Tylwch, Powys Wales
Coordinates	52°24′36″N3°30′56″W / 52.4101°N 3.5155°W / 52.4101; -3.5155
Grid reference	SN969802
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Mid-Wales Railway
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1864	Opened
1939	Downgraded to halt status [1]
1962	Closed [2]
Location

Tylwch railway station was a station in Tylwch, Powys, Wales. The station was closed in 1962. ^[2]

On 16 September 1899, an accident happened at the station in which a mail train collided with an excursion train. Five people were seriously injured and a 24-year-old woman died in the incident. ^{[1] [3]}

References

1. "The Railway". St Harmon Community Council. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
2. "Tylwch". VisitorUK. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
3. "Disaster at Tylwch, 1899". history.powys.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2012.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2003). Brecon to Newtown. Middleton Press. figs. 90-92. ISBN   9781906008062. OCLC   288983659.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Llanidloes Line and station closed		Cambrian Railways Mid-Wales Railway		Glan-yr-Afon Halt Line and station closed