Rhayader railway station

Rhayader
Local train entering the station in 1949
Location
Place	Cwmdauddwr
Area	Powys
Coordinates	52°18′00″N 3°31′02″W / 52.2999°N 3.5172°WCoordinates: 52°18′00″N 3°31′02″W / 52.2999°N 3.5172°W
Operations
Original company	Mid Wales
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways[1]
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
21 September 1864	Opened.[2]
31 December 1962	Closed.[2]
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The station in July 1962

Platform scene shortly before closure

Rhayader railway station was a station serving the town of Rhayader, Powys, on the Mid Wales Railway line.

It was opened in 1864 in Cwmdauddwr, a village on the opposite bank of the River Wye. The line, which took over 5 years to build, was closed in 1962 and dismantled within months.

The site of the station is now occupied by Powys county council's highways department.

References

Notes

1. Awdry, pages 20–21.
2. Butt, page 196

Sources

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063.
• 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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
• Dewick, Tony (2005). Britain's Railways: Rail Atlas 1890 (1st ed.). Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7110-3031-6.

• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
St Harmons Line and station closed		Cambrian Railways Mid Wales Railway		Doldowlod Line and station closed