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Knighton railway station serves the

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of Knighton in

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, although the station itself is located in

Shropshire Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to ...

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(the border is immediately adjacent to the south side of the station and runs through the car park). It lies south west of

Shrewsbury Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'Sh ...

(by railway line) on the

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. The

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is located below street level at Station Road beside the

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and about from the centre of the town. All trains serving the station are operated by

, who also manage the station.

History

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Knighton Railway Station (geograph 5916321)

The station was built in 1865, although the ''Knighton Railway'' route from

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had reached here four years previously. The present station dates from the opening of the ''Central Wales Railway'' to

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. From here the line begins to climb as it heads west into Wales (on gradients that reach 1 in 60 in places), eventually reaching a summit near some above sea level. In 2004 the station was partially refurbished, with visual display units installed to display train departure times, and enhanced disabled access on the northbound platform. The station building still stands, but is not used for railway purposes. Tickets must be bought on the train (as the station is unstaffed), whilst there are waiting shelters provided on each side and a customer help point situated on platform 1. There are two platforms at the station today, although from 1964 until 1990 only a single line and platform (the current southbound one) was used. The long block section between Craven Arms and

was considered to be a capacity bottleneck (even on such a lightly used line) however and following the modernisation of the route signalling in 1986, an additional passing loop was installed here to provide extra capacity, with the disused second platform being refurbished and returned to use by

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. The northbound loop (and platform) was out of action for more than two years but was put back into use by

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in September 2010 following the replacement of the old automatic points (which were obsolete) with new electrically worked ones.

Proposed Knighton to Presteigne railway

The plans for a proposed Knighton to Presteigne Railway were deposited on 30 November 1865.

Services

There are four trains a day in each direction (to

northbound and

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southbound) from Monday to Saturday; a fifth early morning service runs to Llandrindod Wells and then back to Shrewsbury for commuters except on Saturdays; two services each way call on Sundays.

References

External links

Video and narration. Knighton or Trefyclawdd railway station
{{Shropshire railway stations Railway stations in Shropshire DfT Category F1 stations Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1861 Heart of Wales Line Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail 1861 establishments in Wales

History

Proposed Knighton to Presteigne railway

Services

References

Further reading

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