Aberedw railway station

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]

Aberedw
Location of the former station (1994)
Location
PlaceAberedw
AreaPowys
Coordinates52.1187°N 3.3518°W / 52.1187; -3.3518
Grid referenceSO074476
Operations
Original companyMid Wales Railway
Pre-groupingCambrian Railways
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Platforms1
History
1869Opened
31 December 1962Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

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.

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gollark: Anyway, those can't be deployed safely in Chorus City, or at reasonable cost, so *for now* none there will experience the ***Traffic Lights***.
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References

  1. "Castle Preservation: Vanished Castles". Castles of Britain. Archived from the original on 16 June 2007.
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  • Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
  • Aberedw station on navigable O. S. map

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Brecon to Newtown. Middleton Press. figs. 46-47. ISBN 9781906008062. OCLC 288983659.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Erwood
Line and station closed
  Great Western Railway
Mid-Wales Railway
  Llanferedd Halt
Line and station closed


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