Tylwch railway station

Former railway station in Powys, Wales

52°24′36″N 3°30′56″W / 52.4101°N 3.5155°W / 52.4101; -3.5155Grid referenceSN969802Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyMid-Wales RailwayPre-groupingCambrian RailwaysPost-groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates1864Opened1939Downgraded to halt status[1]1962Closed[2]

Tylwch railway station was a station in Tylwch, Powys, Wales. The station was closed in 1962.[2]

On 16 September 1899, an accident happened at the station in which a mail train collided with an excursion train. Five people were seriously injured and a 24-year-old woman died in the incident.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b "The Railway". St Harmon Community Council. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Tylwch". VisitorUK. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Disaster at Tylwch, 1899". history.powys.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2012.

Further reading

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tylwch Halt railway station.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2003). Brecon to Newtown. Middleton Press. figs. 90-92. ISBN 9781906008062. OCLC 288983659.


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