Rhayader railway station was a station serving the town of Rhayader

Rhayader

Rhayader is a market town and community in Powys, Mid Wales. It has a population of 2,075, and is the first town on the banks of the River Wye, from its source on the Plynlimon range of the Cambrian Mountains....

, Powys, on the Mid Wales Railway line.

It was opened in 1864 in Cwmdauddwr

Cwmdauddwr

Cwmdauddwr is a village in Powys, Wales.It is contiguous with the town of Rhayader on the opposite side of the River Wye...

, a village on the opposite bank of the River Wye

River Wye

The River Wye is the fifth-longest river in the UK and for parts of its length forms part of the border between England and Wales. It is important for nature conservation and recreation.-Description:...

. 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...

' modernisation program viewed rural Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 as an area in decline and therefore advocated that it be stripped of much of its railway infrastructure. The line, which took over 5 years to build, was closed in 1963 and dismantled within months.

The site of the station is now occupied by Powys

Powys

Powys is a local-government county and preserved county in Wales.-Geography:Powys covers the historic counties of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, most of Brecknockshire , and a small part of Denbighshire — an area of 5,179 km², making it the largest county in Wales by land area.It is...

 county council's highways department.

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