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Talgarth railway station

Coordinates: 51°59′45″N 3°14′07″W / 51.9958°N 3.2353°W / 51.9958; -3.2353
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Talgarth
Talgarth station in 2010
General information
LocationTalgarth, Powys
Wales
Coordinates51°59′45″N 3°14′07″W / 51.9958°N 3.2353°W / 51.9958; -3.2353
Platforms2
History
Original companyMid-Wales Railway
Pre-groupingCambrian Railways
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
21 September 1864Opened[1]
31 December 1962Closed[1]

Talgarth railway station is a former railway station on the Mid-Wales Railway. It opened in 1864 and closed in 1962, serving the town of Talgarth in Powys, Wales.

History

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The station was opened in 1864 concurrent with the opening of the Mid-Wales company line between Llanidloes and Talyllyn Junction; regular services commenced in September 1864 but special trains had run at the end of August.[2][3]

Closure came on 31 December 1962 when all lines to Brecon including the Mid-Wales line were closed.[4]

Present day

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The original station buildings survive as private residence and the trackbed is now in use as part of the A479 road.

References

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  1. ^ a b Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 375. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
  2. ^ "Opening of the Mid-Wales Railway". Eddowe's Shrewsbury Journal. Vol. 22, no. 1, 145. 31 August 1864. p. 7 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Opening of the Mid-Wales Railway". Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian. Vol. XXXI, no. 1715. 23 September 1864. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ Mowat, C.L. (1971). "The Heyday of the British Railway system: Vanishing evidence and the historian's task". Journal of Transport History. 1 (1). Leicester University Press: 3.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Three Cocks Junction
Line and station closed
  Cambrian Railways
Mid-Wales Railway
  Trefeinon
Line and station closed