Welshpool Seven Stars Halt railway station

Welshpool Seven Stars Halt railway station was located in the streets of Welshpool on the corner of Union Street. Seven Stars was an unstaffed request halt on the narrow gauge Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway. It had a single ground level platform on the single track line, a name board, a sign warning passengers not to board until the train had stopped and a lean to waiting shelter with a fence.[2][3]

Welshpool Seven Stars Halt
Site of the old Welshpool Seven Stars Halt
Location
PlaceWelshpool
AreaPowys
Grid referenceSJ224076
Operations
Managed byWelshpool and Llanfair Light Railway
Owned byWelshpool and Llanfair Light Railway
Platforms1
History
Key datesOpened 6 April 1903[1]
9 February 1931[1]Closed to passengers
Stations on heritage railways in the United Kingdom
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Opened as Welshpool Seven Stars in 6 April 1903[1] it was named after a pub of that name that had been demolished in 1901 to create space for the railway.[1] Seven Stars was closed to passengers on 9 February 1931[1] by the Great Western Railway.[4][5] and the line closed completely on 3 November 1956.[5] The original Welshpool Raven Square was the next station on the line towards Llanfair Caereinion and the line's station at Welshpool was the previous one.

Notes
  1. Butt 1995, p. 244.
  2. People's Collection Wales
  3. Victorian Powys - Welshpool and district The Light Railway
  4. Wignall, Page 68
  5. Rushton, Page 6
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References
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Rushton, Gordon (2015). The Welshpool & Llanfair Railway Travellers's Guide. Llanfair Caereinion : Welshpool & Llanfair Railway.
  • Wignall, C.J. (1983). Complete British Railways Maps and Gazetteer from 1830 - 1981. Oxford : Oxford Publishing Co.
  • Through The Streets of Welshpool By Rail HD Microsoft Train Simulator.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Welshpool
Line and station closed		   Great Western Railway
Welshpool and Llanfair Railway		   Welshpool Raven Square
Line and station closed
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