Cyfronydd railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Cyfronydd, Powys, Wales}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Use British English|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox station | name = Cyfronydd | type = Station on heritage railway | image = Cyfronydd Station - geograph.org.uk - 1334320.jpg | caption = View of the single island platform in 2009. | borough = Cyfronydd, Powys | country = Wales | coordinates = {{coord|52.6605|-3.2754|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | grid_name = Grid reference | grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SJ138077|25|SJ138077}} | owned = Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway | manager = Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway | platforms = 2 | years = 6 April 1903 | events = opened | years1 = 9 February 1931 | events1 = closed for passengers | years2 = 3 November 1956 | events2 = closed completely | years3 = 6 April 1963{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=146}} | events3 = reopened }}

'''Cyfronydd railway station''' lies {{cvt|9.2|km}} from Welshpool's Raven Square station on the narrow gauge Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway in Mid Wales. This is where trains pass each other when a two train service is operating. Passengers are able to alight and join trains here. The station serves the hamlet of Cyfronydd on the main Dolgellau to Welshpool road as well as Cyfronydd Hall.<ref>Rushton, Page 27</ref>

[[File:Countess at Cyfronydd - geograph.org.uk - 1482463.jpg|thumb|left|''Countess'' arrives with train at Cyfronydd]] thumb|left|Trains hauled by ''Countess'' and ''The Earl'' passing at Cyfronydd Cyfronydd Hall, where former foreign secretary William Hague lives, is nearby.<ref name=telegraph-20150115>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11348337/William-Hague-splashes-out-on-2.5million-Welsh-country-estate.html |title=William Hague splashes out on £2.5million Welsh country estate |last=Ward |first=Victoria |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |date=15 January 2015 |accessdate=9 October 2017}}</ref>

Opened on 6 April 1903,{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=75}} the station closed to passengers on 9 February 1931.{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=75}} It was the Great Western Railway that withdrew passenger services in 1931;<ref name="Rushton. Page6">Rushton, Page 6</ref> the line closed completely on 3 November 1956.<ref name="Rushton. Page6">Rushton, Page 6</ref>

== Notes == {{reflist}}

== References == * {{Butt-Stations}} * Rushton, Gordon (2015). ''The Welshpool & Llanfair Railway Travellers's Guide.'' Llanfair Caereinion : Welshpool & Llanfair Railway.

==External links== *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROs2nGNIWNg] Video footage of Cyfronydd Station *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g7m47yDEjs] 3 minutes from Welshpool to Llanfair Caereinion

{{Adjacent stations|noclear=y |system=Heritage railways/UK |line=Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway|left=Heniarth|right=Castle Caereinion }}

Category:Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway Category:Heritage railway stations in Powys Category:Former Cambrian Railway stations Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1903 Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1931 Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1963