Cyfronydd railway station

Cyfronydd
Cyfronydd
General information
Location	Powys
Coordinates	52°39′38″N 3°16′31″W / 52.6605°N 3.2754°W
Owned by	Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway
Managed by	Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway
Platforms	2
Key dates
6 April 1904	opened
9 February 1931	closed for passengers
3 November 1956	closed completely
6 April 1963	reopened

Cyfronydd railway station lies 5 3/4 miles or 9.2 km (5.7 mi) from Welshpool's Raven Square station on the narrow gauge Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway in Mid Wales. This is where trains pass each other when a two train service is operating. Passengers are able to alight and join trains here. The station serves the hamlet of Cyfronydd on the main Dolgellau to Welshpool road as well as Cyfronydd Hall.^[2]

Cyfronydd Hall, where former Foreign Secretary William Hague lives, is nearby.^[3]

Opened on 6 April 1904^[4] it was closed to passengers on 9 February 1931.^[4] It was the Great Western Railway that withdrew passenger services in 1931.^[5] and the line closed completely on 3 November 1956.^[5]

Notes

^ Butt 1995, p. 146.
^ Rushton, Page 27
^ Ward, Victoria (15 January 2015). "William Hague splashes out on £2.5million Welsh country estate". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b Butt 1995, p. 75.
^ ^a ^b Rushton, Page 6

References

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.
Rushton, Gordon (2015). The Welshpool & Llanfair Railway Travellers's Guide. Llanfair Caereinion : Welshpool & Llanfair Railway.

External links

[1] Video footage of Cyfronydd Station
[2] 3 minutes from Welshpool to Llanfair Caereinion

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Castle Caereinion		Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway		Heniarth

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[FOOTNOTEButt1995146-1] Butt 1995, p. 146.

[2] Rushton, Page 27

[telegraph-20150115-3] Ward, Victoria (15 January 2015). "William Hague splashes out on £2.5million Welsh country estate". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 October 2017.

[FOOTNOTEButt199575-4] Butt 1995, p. 75.

[Rushton._Page6-5] Rushton, Page 6

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