Welshpool railway station
General information | |
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Location | Welshpool, Powys Wales |
Coordinates | 52°39′27″N 3°08′24″W / 52.657469°N 3.139947°W |
Grid reference | SJ229072 |
Managed by | Transport for Wales |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | WLP |
Classification | DfT category F1 |
Key dates | |
14 August 1860 | opened |
18 May 1992[1] | Original station closed and new station opened on track realignment. |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 181,768 |
2019/20 | 165,724 |
2020/21 | 33,782 |
2021/22 | 98,128 |
2022/23 | 140,554 |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Welshpool railway station on the Cambrian Line in Powys, mid-Wales, serves the town of Welshpool (Welsh: Y Trallwng).
History
Built by the
Midland Counties Dairy bought and operated the
About 100 metres north of the station were exchange sidings with the narrow gauge
Present
There was some severe rationalisation of services under the Beeching cuts in the 1960s, with the old Cambrian main line to Whitchurch via Oswestry closed to passengers in January 1965 and most local stations towards Aberystwyth following suit later that year. Two of the four platforms at the old station were later taken out of use.[1] Subsequent development of the A483 road Welshpool bypass (opened in July 1993)[2] required the railway line to be shifted to the south. To enable this the original station was closed, and a new single island platform constructed by British Rail south of it, to allow realignment in May 1992.
The replacement station platform is reached by a pedestrian bridge crossing both the railway and the A483, with long uncovered inclines to the north and stepped access from the south. There are no facilities beyond a ticket vending machine, small shelter, bench seating, passenger information displays and a customer help point (though the
The passing loop was later extended to 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to allow for an hourly train service, and to reduce the impact of delays on the line.
Services
Trains run from here westwards to Machynlleth and then either Aberystwyth or Pwllheli via Barmouth (most trains convey a portion for both routes) and eastwards to Shrewsbury & Birmingham International. There is a basic two-hourly service each way - on weekdays & Saturdays with additional hourly Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth services until mid morning & again during late afternoon and early evenings. On Sundays there is a two-hourly service on the Shrewsbury - Aberystwyth axis, but only a limited service along the coast to/from Pwllheli (three in summer and one in winter).[4]
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Shrewsbury | Transport for Wales Cambrian Line |
Newtown
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Disused railways | ||||
Buttington Line open, station closed |
Oswestry & Newtown Railway
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Forden Line open, station closed | ||
Heritage railways | ||||
Walking connection with Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway
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References
- ^ a b c Disused Stations - Welshpool (1st Site)
- ^ Hansard
- ^ Welshpool station facilities National Rail Enquiries
- ^ GB eNRT May 2017 Edition, Table 76 (Network Rail)
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Shrewsbury to Newtown. Middleton Press. pp. 64–77. OCLC 228374968.
External links
Media related to Welshpool railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Train times and station information for Welshpool railway station from National Rail