Boughrood & Llyswen railway station

Boughrood & Llyswen
Location
Place Boughrood
Area Powys
Coordinates 52°02′30″N 3°16′16″W / 52.0418°N 3.2712°W / 52.0418; -3.2712Coordinates: 52°02′30″N 3°16′16″W / 52.0418°N 3.2712°W / 52.0418; -3.2712
Grid reference SO128389
Operations
Original company Mid-Wales Railway
Pre-grouping Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
History
21 September 1864 Opened
31 December 1962 Closed
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
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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]

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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