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Rhayader railway station

Coordinates: 52°18′00″N 3°31′02″W / 52.2999°N 3.5172°W / 52.2999; -3.5172
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Rhayader
Local train entering the station in 1949
General information
LocationCwmdauddwr, Powys
Wales
Coordinates52°18′00″N 3°31′02″W / 52.2999°N 3.5172°W / 52.2999; -3.5172
Grid referenceSN965679
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMid Wales
Pre-groupingCambrian Railways[1]
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
21 September 1864Opened.[2]
31 December 1962Closed.[2]
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

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Notes

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

Sources

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  • 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

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