Bryngwyn Halt railway station is a disused station that was on the Llanfyllin Branch of the

Cambrian Railways The Cambrian Railways owned of track over a large area of mid Wales. The system was an amalgamation of a number of railways that were incorporated in 1864, 1865 and 1904. The Cambrian connected with two larger railways with connections to the ...

. It served the villages of

Bwlch-y-cibau Bwlch-y-Cibau also known as the "pass of the husks" in English, is a small village located between Llanfyllin and Welshpool. It is situated on the A490. It is in the Community (Wales), community of Meifod. Amenities The village is very rural wit ...

and Brynderwen between 1863 and 1965.

History

The Llanfyllin Branch of the

opened on 17 July 1863. The station was originally named ''Brongwyn''; it was later renamed ''Bryngwyn''. It was from Llanymynech, and took its name from Bryngwyn Hall. In 1866, there was one train on Tuesdays and one on Wednesdays. Originally provided with a wooden shelter, this was later replaced by one of corrugated iron. The platform was situated on an embankment on the west side of the Llanfechain road over bridge with step access to the road. In 1923, the

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...

renamed the station ''Bryngwyn Halt''. It was closed by

British Railways British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British rai ...

on 18 January 1965. No trace remains today.

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Bryngwyn Halt on navigable 1948 O.S. map
Disused railway stations in Powys Former Cambrian Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1863 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965 Beeching closures in Wales {{Wales-railstation-stub