Newbridge on Wye railway station
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Newbridge on Wye railway station stood on the single-tracked
Mid Wales Railway between Builth Wells and Rhayader
. It was closed on 31 December 1962 and the trackbed removed. The site has been cleared and now contains senior citizen's housing. An overbridge which formed the entry point to the station from the south is still in place.
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The single-tracked
Mid Wales Railway line was linked to the London and North Western Railway
(LNWR)'s Central Wales line, in the direction of Cilmeri
, north of Builth Road Low Level Station, by means of a junction owned by the LNWR.
The station along with the rest of the former Mid Wales Railway line was closed by the British Transport Commission
on 31 December 1962. These cutbacks are usually described as the Beeching Axe
.
Single track (rail)
A single track railway is where trains in both directions share the same track. Single track is normally used on lesser used rail lines, often branch lines, where the traffic density is not high enough to justify the cost of building double tracks....
Mid Wales Railway between Builth Wells and Rhayader
Rhayader railway station
Rhayader railway station was a station serving the town of Rhayader, Powys, on the Mid Wales Railway line.It was opened in 1864 in Cwmdauddwr, a village on the opposite bank of the River Wye. The 'Beeching Axe' modernisation program viewed rural Wales as an area in decline and therefore advocated...
. It was closed on 31 December 1962 and the trackbed removed. The site has been cleared and now contains senior citizen's housing. An overbridge which formed the entry point to the station from the south is still in place.
History
Newbridge on Wye railway station was opened by the Mid Wales Railway on 21 September 1864. The Mid Wales Railway got into financial difficulties and a working arrangement was made with the Cambrian Railway on 2 April 1888; who took over the line on 24 June 1904. The line later became part of the Great Western RailwayGreat Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
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The single-tracked
Single track (rail)
A single track railway is where trains in both directions share the same track. Single track is normally used on lesser used rail lines, often branch lines, where the traffic density is not high enough to justify the cost of building double tracks....
Mid Wales Railway line was linked to the London and North Western Railway
London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...
(LNWR)'s Central Wales line, in the direction of Cilmeri
Cilmeri railway station
Cilmeri railway station is a railway station serving the village of Cilmeri, in Powys, mid Wales. It is situated on the Heart of Wales Line. The station is located just to the south of the A483....
, north of Builth Road Low Level Station, by means of a junction owned by the LNWR.
The station along with the rest of the former Mid Wales Railway line was closed by the British Transport Commission
British Transport Commission
The British Transport Commission was created by Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government as a part of its nationalisation programme, to oversee railways, canals and road freight transport in Great Britain...
on 31 December 1962. These cutbacks are usually described as the Beeching Axe
Beeching Axe
The Beeching Axe or the Beeching Cuts are informal names for the British Government's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the United Kingdom. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard...
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