Cyfronydd railway station lies from Welshpool's Raven Square station on the

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Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway The Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway (W&LLR) () is a Narrow-gauge railway, narrow-gauge heritage railway in Powys, Wales. The line is around long and runs westwards from the town of Welshpool () via Castle Caereinion to the village of Ll ...

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. 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.Rushton, Page 27 Countess at Cyfronydd - geograph

Cyfronydd Hall Cyfronydd Hall is a Welsh country house located on the A458 road between Welshpool and the hamlet of Cyfronydd, Llanfair Caereinion. It was built in about 1865 for the Pryce Jones family after an earlier hall on the site burned down. It once f ...

, where former Foreign Secretary

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lives, is nearby. Opened on 6 April 1903, the station closed to passengers on 9 February 1931. It was the

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that withdrew passenger services in 1931;Rushton, Page 6 the line closed completely on 3 November 1956.Rushton, Page 6

Notes

References

* * Rushton, Gordon (2015). ''The Welshpool & Llanfair Railway Travellers's Guide.'' Llanfair Caereinion : Welshpool & Llanfair Railway.

External links

Video footage of Cyfronydd Station

3 minutes from Welshpool to Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway Heritage railway stations in Powys Former Cambrian Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1903 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1931 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1963 {{Wales-railstation-stub