Boughrood & Llyswen railway station

Boughrood and Llyswen railway station, in Boughrood Powys, Wales, was opened on 21 September 1864 by the Mid-Wales Railway as Boughrood Station. It became Boughrood and Llyswen station on 1 October 1912 while under the ownership of the Cambrian Railways. On a single track main line, it had a passing loop with platforms on either side and a signal box at the northern end of the platform to Moat Lane Junction. The station closed on 31 December 1962.[1]

Boughrood & Llyswen
Location
PlaceBoughrood
AreaPowys
Coordinates52.0418°N 3.2712°W / 52.0418; -3.2712
Grid referenceSO128389
Operations
Original companyMid-Wales Railway
Pre-groupingCambrian Railways
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Platforms2
History
21 September 1864Opened
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

References

  1. "Boughrood & Llyswen". Signalling Record Society. Retrieved 8 March 2017.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2003). Brecon to Newtown. Middleton Press. figs. 35-38. ISBN 9781906008062. OCLC 288983659.
  • "More Western branch line wanderings". Back Track. Vol. 26 no. 256. Pendragon Publishing. August 2012. pp. 490–492. OCLC 613022303.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Llanstephan Halt
Line and station closed
  Great Western Railway
Mid-Wales Railway
  Three Cocks Junction
Line and station closed


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