Llynclys South is a railway station on the

Cambrian Heritage Railways The Cambrian Heritage Railways is a heritage railway company, trust and society based at both Llynclys and Oswestry in its newly restored Oswestry railway station, Shropshire, England. Formed after the 2009 merger of the Cambrian Railways ...

' (CHR) line in Shropshire. It is located in the heart of the village of

Llynclys Llynclys (, )) is a small village in Shropshire, England, in the civil parish of Llanyblodwel. It lies north of Pant at the crossroads of the A483 and B4396, where there are several houses and a pub, the ''White Lion''. Etymology The name ...

, just south of

station, on the other side of the B4396 road bridge. During the original commercial operation of the line, the site was used for goods handling. The station was built as an alternative to the original Llynclys station, which has become a private house. Work on the South station began in 2004 and opened to the public in 2005. CHR currently keeps the bulk of its rolling stock here, on a number of sidings, and a new carriage shed is set to be built after having gained planning permission in 2007. A notable historic feature of the site is the surviving bridge abutments from the narrow gauge

Crickheath Tramway The Crickheath Tramway was a 1.5-mile-long, narrow gauge industrial railway connecting the Porth-y-waen lime quarries near Llanymynech to the Crickheath Wharf (near Pant, Shropshire) on the Ellesmere Canal The Ellesmere Canal was a waterway ...

. Built under powers contained in the Montgomeryshire Canal Act of 1794, the gauge 3 ft line ran from the canal wharf at Crickheath to Porthywaen and was approximately long. It shut in 1932. Towards the bottom of the station's access drive, a small length of 2' 6" gauge track with a display of wagons serves as tribute to the tramway.

External links

Cambrian Heritage Railways Trust websiteVideo footage and history of the railwaysOpen Day at Llynclys in 2023
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2005 Heritage railway stations in Shropshire Railway stations built for UK heritage railways {{WestMidlands-railstation-stub