Llanbrynmair railway station

Coordinates: 52°36′52″N 3°37′49″W / 52.6144°N 3.6302°W / 52.6144; -3.6302
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Llanbrynmair
Llanbrynmair station building, well preserved after conversion to private residential accommodation, August 2006
General information
LocationLlanbrynmair, Powys
Wales
Coordinates52°36′52″N 3°37′49″W / 52.6144°N 3.6302°W / 52.6144; -3.6302
Grid referenceSH896031
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNewtown and Machynlleth Railway
Pre-groupingCambrian Railways
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
3 January 1863Opened[1][page needed]
14 June 1965Closed[1]
Listed Building – Grade II
FeatureLlanbrynmair Railway Station and house
Designated31 January 1997
Reference no.18118[2]
Former road crossing, now closed, at Llanbrynmair station

Llanbrynmair railway station was a

Mid-Wales, serving the village of Llanbrynmair
.

After leaving

Talerddig cutting, junctioning with the Mawddwy Railway at Cemmes Road. It then proceeded to Machynlleth
.

Llanbrynmair shut under the

Beeching Axe
in 1965, although the station building itself remains today as a private house.

After a fatality in October 1999, the adjacent level crossing was closed and the road was diverted.

References

  • .
  1. ^ a b Jenkins & Loader 2015
  2. National Historic Assets of Wales
    . Retrieved 27 October 2021.

Sources

  • Jenkins, Stanley C.; Loader, Martin (2015). The Great Western Railway: Shrewsbury to Pwllheli. Vol. 5. Amberley Publishing.
    OCLC 898088602
    .


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Commins Coch Halt
Line open, station closed
  Great Western Railway
Newtown and Machynlleth Railway
  Talerddig
Line open, station closed