Heniarth Halt railway station is an unstaffed halt on the
narrow gauge
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and .
Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structu ...
Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway
The Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway (W&LLR) ( cy, Rheilffordd y Trallwng a Llanfair Caereinion) is a narrow gauge heritage railway in Powys, Wales. The line is around long and runs westwards from the town of Welshpool ( cy, Y Trallwng) ...
serving the hamlet of
Heniarth. This station is a request halt and lies from Welshpool's Raven Square terminus.
[Rushton, Page 27] Alighting passengers are required to step down onto the grass as there is no platform. The railway crosses the
River Banwy
The River Banwy is a river about long in Powys, Wales. It is a tributary of the River Vyrnwy.
The Banwy rises in the hills near the pass which takes the A458 road between Mallwyd and Welshpool. The river is called Nant Cerrig-y-groes at its ...
Bridge 200 yards to the east of the halt.
Opened as Heniarth Gate on 6 April 1903 the station was renamed 'Heniarth' on 1 February 1913.
Originally the halt had a loop which catered for farm and timber traffic.
[Rushton, Page 27] The
Great Western Railway withdrew passenger services on 9 February 1931.
[Rushton, Page 6] and the line closed completely on 3 November 1956.
[Rushton, Page 6] By 1963 the line had a passenger service restored by the Welshpool and Llanfair Railway.
[Rushton, Page 9]
Notes
References
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* Rushton, Gordon (2015). ''The Welshpool & Llanfair Railway Travellers's Guide.'' Llanfair Caereinion : Welshpool & Llanfair Railway.
External links
Video footage of Heniarth Halt.
3 minutes from Welshpool to Llanfair Caereinion
Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway
Heritage railway stations in Powys
Former Cambrian Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1903
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1931
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1963
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