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Aberedw railway station

Coordinates: 52°07′07″N 3°21′06″W / 52.1187°N 3.3518°W / 52.1187; -3.3518
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Aberedw
Location of the former station (1994)
General information
LocationAberedw, Powys
Wales
Coordinates52°07′07″N 3°21′06″W / 52.1187°N 3.3518°W / 52.1187; -3.3518
Grid referenceSO074476
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMid Wales Railway
Pre-groupingCambrian Railways
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1869Opened
31 December 1962Closed

Aberedw railway station served the village of Aberedw in Powys, Wales. Aberedw Castle was demolished to build the station and some of the stone from the castle was used as track ballast.[1]

History

Opened by the Mid Wales Railway, then operated by the Cambrian Railways, it became part of the Great Western Railway. Passing on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

Author Shaun Sewell quotes a Diarist as writing about the Station, in 1877, that the reader should Please imagine a wooden hut about 12 feet long...divided by a partition ... and he will have a very good idea of Aberedw Railway Station.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Castle Preservation: Vanished Castles". Castles of Britain. Archived from the original on 16 June 2007.
  2. ^ Scott, Ronnie. Three Men and a Bradshaw. Random House. pp. 302–3.

Further reading


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Erwood
Line and station closed
  Great Western Railway
Mid-Wales Railway
  Llanferedd Halt
Line and station closed