Caersws railway station

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General information
Other names	Welsh: Caersŵs
Location	Powys
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	CWS
History
Opened	3 January 1863
Original company	Newtown and Machynlleth Railway
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways

Caersws railway station is a railway station on the Cambrian Line in mid-Wales, serving the village of Caersws. It is notable that there is a distance of 22 miles between this station and Machynlleth, the longest distance between stations in Wales.

History

The notable Welsh romantic poet John Ceiriog Hughes was employed as a station master and Manager of the Van Railway at Caersws railway station from 1868 until his death in 1887.

From 1871 to 1940 the Van Railway terminated at Caersws. The station was built by the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway of the Cambrian Railways in the 1890s. Originally there was a passing loop, a goods shed, a water tower and a ticket office and a signal box - the latter remained in use until March 2011 as a gate box to supervise the station level crossing.

In February 2013, Caersws station won the "Wales’ Best Unstaffed Train Station" award, supported by Keep Wales Tidy.

Services

There is a basic two-hourly service in each direction Mon-Sat, with some additional services in the morning & evening (most of which run between Shrewsbury & Aberystwyth only). Sundays also run every two hours, though there is only a limited service (one in winter, three in summer) along the Cambrian Coast line to Pwllheli.

Gallery

• 
  Bilingual sign at Caersws station in the early 2000s
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  Caersws station in the early 2000s
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  Caersws station in the mid-2000s

Sources

• 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.

External links

• Train times and station information for Caersws railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Newtown		Arriva Trains Wales Cambrian Line		Machynlleth