Llansilin Road railway station

Llansilin Road railway station was a station on the Tanat Valley Light Railway in Llangedwyn, Powys, Wales. It had the "Road" suffix due to being 3 miles south from Llansilin and 4 miles by road. The station was located close to the hamlet of Pen-y-bont Llanerch Emrys, two miles east of Llangedwyn village, where the road from Llansilin joins the valley. The station opened in 1904 and formally closed in 1951.[2] The short platform was situated between the railway and the road and had a corrugated iron shelter with a forward sloping roof, two lamps and a nameboard. There was a loop on the north side to serve a cattle dock as well as a siding from the west end serving a wharf in the goods yard, all controlled by a ground frame. The platform is still extant in the goods yard site.

Llansilin Road
The site of the station in 2001
General information
LocationLlangedwyn, Powys
Wales
Coordinates52.8027°N 3.1743°W / 52.8027; -3.1743
Grid referenceSJ208234
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyTanat Valley Light Railway
Pre-groupingCambrian Railways
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1904Opened[1]
15 January 1951Closed

References
  1. "Anniversary of Tanat Valley Light Railway closure". Unseen Steam. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 271. OCLC 931112387.

Further reading
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2009). Branch Lines around Oswestry. Middleton Press. fig. 82. ISBN 9781906008604. OCLC 931221159.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Llangedwyn Halt
Line and station closed		   Great Western Railway
Tanat Valley Light Railway		   Glanyrafon Halt
Line and station closed


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