Seven Stars Halt railway station was located in the streets of
Welshpool on the corner of Union Street. Seven Stars was an unstaffed request halt on the
narrow gauge Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway. It had a single ground level platform on the single track line, a name board, a sign warning passengers not to board until the train had stopped and a
lean-to
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waiting shelter with a fence.
Opened as Welshpool Seven Stars in 6 April 1903 it was named after a pub of that name that had been demolished in 1901 to create space for the railway. Seven Stars was closed to passengers on 9 February 1931 by the
Great Western Railway
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.
[Wignall, Page 68][Rushton, Page 6] and the line closed completely on 3 November 1956.
[Rushton, Page 6] The original was the next station on the line towards
Llanfair Caereinion and the line's station at
Welshpool was the previous one.
Notes
References
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* Rushton, Gordon (2015). ''The Welshpool & Llanfair Railway Travellers's Guide.'' Llanfair Caereinion : Welshpool & Llanfair Railway.
* Wignall, C.J. (1983). ''Complete British Railways Maps and Gazetteer from 1830 - 1981.'' Oxford : Oxford Publishing Co.
External links
Through The Streets of Welshpool By Rail HD Microsoft Train Simulator.
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Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway
former Cambrian Railway stations
Railway stations opened in 1903
Railway stations closed in 1931