Talyllyn Junction railway station

{{Short description|Former railway station in Powys, Wales}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Use British English|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox station | name = Talyllyn Junction | status = Disused | image = Talyllyn Junction, 1960.jpg | caption = Changing trains at Talyllyn, shortly before the line closed | borough = Llanhamlach, Powys | country = Wales | coordinates = {{coord|51.9380|-3.2996|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | grid_name = Grid reference | grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SO106274|25|SO106274}} | platforms = 2 | original = Brecon and Merthyr Railway | postgroup = Great Western Railway | years = 1869 | events = Opened | years1 = 1962 | events1 = Closed }}

'''Talyllyn Junction''' was a railway junction located {{convert|4|mi|km|abbr=on}} east of Brecon, Powys, opened in 1869.<ref>{{cite book|last=Quick|first=M. E.|title=Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology|year=2002|publisher=Railway and Canal Historical Society|location=Richmond|page=415|oclc=931112387}}</ref><ref>{{Butt-Stations|page=226}}</ref> The junction was triangular, with north, east and west chords, station platforms being sited at the western junction and also, until 1878, at the eastern junction. The Junction took its name from the adjacent tiny hamlet.

The junction was created where the Brecon and Merthyr Railway from the south met the Mid-Wales Railway from the north-east. Both railways were to serve Brecon, and to achieve this the latter had running powers over the former from Talyllyn into Brecon. The eastern spur of the triangle permitted through running from South Wales to mid-Wales and also to Hereford.

The northern side of the triangle followed the course of the 1816 ''Hay Railway'', a tram-road worked by horses connecting the town of Hay with the Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal at Brecon. At the western end lay a tunnel which required widening and deepening for use by standard gauge trains.

Talyllyn Junction is often quoted as a defining feature of the Great Western Railway in Wales, namely its inheritance of junctions in unlikely and inconvenient locations. Other examples are Moat Lane Junction, Dovey Junction, Afon Wen and Barmouth Junction (renamed Morfa Mawddach in 1960).

All the railways at Talyllyn Junction were closed to passengers in 1962.<ref>{{cite book |author=R W Kidner |title=The Mid-Wales Railway |year=2003 |publisher=The Oakwood Press}}</ref>

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==Further reading== *{{cite book|title=Brecon to Newport|first1=Vic|last1=Mitchell|first2=Keith|last2=Smith|at=figs. 14-19|publisher=Middleton Press|year=2003|isbn=9781904474166|oclc=828666902}} *{{cite book|title=Brecon to Newtown|first1=Vic|last1=Mitchell|first2=Keith|last2=Smith|at=figs. 10-17|publisher=Middleton Press|location=West Sussex|year=2007|isbn=9781906008062|oclc=288983659}}

{{Disused Rail Start}} {{rail line one to two|previous=Groesffordd Halt Line and station closed |route1=Cambrian Railways Mid-Wales Railway |route2=Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway Northern section |next1=Llangorse Lake Halt Line and station closed|next2=Talybont-on-Usk Line and station closed |col1={{Cambrian colour}} |col2={{BMR colour}} }} {{rail end}}

Category:Rail junctions in Wales Category:Former railway stations in Powys Category:Former Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway stations Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1869 Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1962