Llangynllo railway station

Llangynllo railway station is a countryside stop in Powys about 5 miles west of Knighton, on the Heart of Wales Line. The station is located 1.4 miles north of Llangunllo village (also known as Llangynllo), at road level beside two houses on a minor rural road off the B4356 road.

Llangynllo
Location
PlaceLlangunllo
Local authorityPowys
Coordinates52°21′00″N 3°9′42″W
Grid referenceSO209730
Operations
Station codeLGO
Managed byTransport for Wales
Number of platforms1
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 810
2015/16 958
2016/17 720
2017/18 806
2018/19 774
History
Key datesOpened 1865 (1865)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Llangynllo from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Services

All trains serving the station are operated by Transport for Wales. There are four trains a day in each direction from Monday to Saturday and a fifth morning service to Shrewsbury for commuters on weekdays; two services call on Sundays.[1]

This is a request stop, where passengers have to signal to the driver to board or alight from the train. The highest point on the line (about 980 ft (299 m) above sea level) is a short distance to the north of the station, near to the southern portal of the 647 yd (592 m) long Llangynllo tunnel.[2]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Llanbister Road   Transport for Wales
Heart of Wales Line		   Knucklas

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has no ticketing provision, so all tickets must be purchased before travel or on the train. It has been fitted with a CIS display, payphone and customer help point in addition to the standard timetable poster board and waiting shelter. The platform is low, which has caused access issues for passengers in the past (a set of wooden steps was required to join or alight from modern stock)[3] but an easy access ramp has since been fitted to help passengers when joining or leaving trains.[4] A disused platform is still visible opposite the active one.

Places of interest

At Llangunllo nearby are the Olgliniau Cynllo, the knee prints of St Cynllo at prayer.[5] These are examples of a petrosomatoglyph.

References
  1. Table 129 National Rail timetable, December 2018
  2. Heart of Wales Line Travellers Association Newsletter, Winter 2014, pp. 3-4www.howlta.org; Retrieved 6 July 2016
  3. Llangynllo station in 2012 Bolwell, Jeremy Geograph.org.uk; Retrieved 21 July 2017
  4. Llangynllo station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  5. "The Poetical Works of Lewis Glyn Cothi: A Celebrated Bard" Glyn Cothi, Lewis; Cymmrodorion, 1837 pp.326-27 (Google Books); Retrieved 21 July 2017

Further reading
  • Organ, John (2008). Mitchell, Vic (ed.). Craven Arms to Llandeilo. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 35-37. ISBN 9781906008352. OCLC 648080889.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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