Three Cocks Junction railway station

Three Cocks Junction railway station (colloquially as Lucky Man Junction)[4] was a station in Three Cocks, Powys, Wales. The station closed in 1962.[3] The station had a signal box.[5]

Three Cocks Junction
Three Cocks Junction in 1960
Location
PlaceThree Cocks
AreaPowys
Coordinates52.0274°N 3.2152°W / 52.0274; -3.2152
Grid referenceSO166372
Operations
Original companyHereford, Hay and Brecon Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway[1]
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms4[2]
History
1864Opened[1]
1962Closed[3]
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

References

  1. Holland 2013, pp. 112–113
  2. "Radnorshire's Lost Gem: the Mid Wales Railway". The Radnorshire Society. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  3. "Hereford Hay on Wye and Brecon Railway". Historic England. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  4. "The Mid Wales Railway (and related lines)". Welsh Railways Research Circle. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  5. "Three Cocks Jcn". Signalling Record Society. Retrieved 9 March 2017.

Sources

  • Holland, Julian (2013). Dr Beeching's Axe 50 Years On: Memories of Britain's Lost Railways. David & Charles. ISBN 9781446302675. OCLC 841669693.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2003). Brecon to Newtown. Middleton Press. figs. 29-34. ISBN 9781906008062. OCLC 288983659.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Branch Lines around Hay-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 110-120. ISBN 9781904474920. OCLC 263292706.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Boughrood & Llyswen
Line and station closed
  Great Western Railway
Mid-Wales Railway
  Talgarth
Line and station closed
Glasbury-on-Wye
Line and station closed
  London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway
 


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