Llansantffraid Railway Station
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Llansantffraid railway station is a former station in
Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain is a large village (in the community (Wales), community of Llansantffraid) in Powys, Mid Wales, close to the border with Shropshire in England, about south west of Oswestry and north of Welshpool. It is on the A495 roa ...
, Powys, Wales. The station opened in 1863 and closed in 1965. The station's two
signal boxes On a rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the correct route and to the proper timetabl ...
, built by Dutton & Co., were moved to
Oswestry Oswestry ( ; ) is a market town, civil parish and historic railway town in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483 and A495 roads. The town was the administrative headquarters of the Borough of ...
and
Shrewsbury Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'Sh ...
.


Present day

Much of the station site is still intact, with the platform retained as a conservatory onto the former trackbed, which has been converted into a children's play area. The station building is now a restaurant.


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Further reading

* Disused railway stations in Powys Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1863 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965 Former Cambrian Railway stations Beeching closures in Wales {{Wales-railstation-stub