Llanfaredd Halt railway station was an unstaffed
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
opened by the Great Western Railway on 7 May 1934 on the old Mid-Wales line between
Builth Wells railway station
Builth Wells railway station, in Llanelwedd Powys Wales was opened as Builth station on 21 September 1864 by the Mid-Wales Railway, although excursions ran on 19 and 20 September. It was renamed Builth Wells station in 1865 and served the town o ...
and
Aberedw railway station
Aberedw railway station served the village of Aberedw in Powys, Wales. Aberedw Castle was demolished to build the station and some of the stone from the castle was used as track ballast.
History
Opened by the Mid Wales Railway, then operated ...
in
Powys
Powys (; ) is a Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county and Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county in Wales. It is named after the Kingdom of Powys which was a Welsh succession of states, successor state, petty kingdom and princi ...
, Wales.
The rarely used station consisted of a small wooden platform and shelter, on the eastern side of the single line. After closure on 31 December 1962
the station was demolished and station area and trackbed has been levelled into a field. Not far away was a spur to the Builth Stone quarries.
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Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1934
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1962
Disused railway stations in Powys
Former Great Western Railway stations
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