Cemmaes railway station was an intermediate

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on the

Mawddwy Railway The Mawddwy Railway was a rural line in the Dyfi Valley in mid-Wales that connected Dinas Mawddwy with a junction at railway station on the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway section of the Cambrian Railways. Despite being only 6 miles 63 cha ...

which ran from Cemmaes Road to Dinas Mawddy in the

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county of

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. The station was opened by the Mawddwy Railway in 1867 and closed to all goods traffic in 1908. The railway re-opened in 1911 with all services run by the

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. It was amalgamated into the

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in 1923 as part of the

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of British railways, and remained open to passenger traffic until 1931.

History

The

was first opened in 1867, however it was closed to passenger traffic in 1901, and closed to all goods traffic in 1908. It reopened on 31 July 1911 as a

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system, as a result of the support of several local councils. The railway was incorporated, as part of the Cambrian Railways, into the

during the

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of 1923. The railway closed its passenger services in 1931, although the line continued to remain open for freight traffic until 1952. The station served local passenger needs for the village of Cemmaes.

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