Welshpool Raven Square Railway Station
, type = Station on heritage railway , image = Welshpool Raven Square station, Joan at platform.jpg , borough = Welshpool, Powys , country = Wales , coordinates = , grid_name = Grid reference , grid_position = , owned = Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway , manager = Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway , platforms = 2 , years = 1903 , events = original halt opened , years1 = 1931 , events1 = original halt closed , years2 = 18 July 1981 , events2 = present station opened Welshpool Raven Square railway station, located in Welshpool, in Wales, is the eastern terminus of the narrow gauge Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway (W&LLR). History The W&LLR was one of the few narrow gauge branch lines to be built under the provisions of the 1896 Light Railways Act, and opened for ...
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Heritage Railway
A heritage railway or heritage railroad (US usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. Heritage railways are often old railway lines preserved in a state depicting a period (or periods) in the history of rail transport. Definition The British Office of Rail and Road defines heritage railways as follows:...'lines of local interest', museum railways or tourist railways that have retained or assumed the character and appearance and operating practices of railways of former times. Several lines that operate in isolation provide genuine transport facilities, providing community links. Most lines constitute tourist or educational attractions in their own right. Much of the rolling stock and other equipment used on these systems is original and is of historic value in its own right. Many systems aim to replicate both the look and operating practices of historic former railways companies. Infrastructure Heritage railway line ...
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