Talgarth railway station explained

Talgarth
Borough:	Talgarth, Powys
Country:	Wales
Original:	Mid-Wales Railway
Pregroup:	Cambrian Railways
Postgroup:	Great Western Railway
Platforms:	2
Coordinates:	51.9958°N -3.2353°W
Years1:	21 September 1864
Events1:	Opened
Years2:	31 December 1962
Events2:	Closed

Talgarth railway station is a former railway station on the Mid-Wales Railway. It opened in 1864 and closed in 1962, serving the town of Talgarth in Powys, Wales.

History

The station was opened in 1864 concurrent with the opening of the Mid-Wales company line between and ; regular services commenced in September 1864 but special trains had run at the end of August.^{[1] [2]}

Closure came on 31 December 1962 when all lines to Brecon including the Mid-Wales line were closed.^[3]

Present day

The original station buildings survive as private residence and the trackbed is now in use as part of the A479 road.

Notes and References

1. News: Opening of the Mid-Wales Railway . Eddowe's Shrewsbury Journal . 31 August 1864 . 7 . 1,145 . 22. subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
2. News: Opening of the Mid-Wales Railway . Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian . 23 September 1864 . 4 . 1715 . XXXI. subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
3. Journal of Transport History . 3 . Leicester University Press . The Heyday of the British Railway system: Vanishing evidence and the historian's task . Mowat . C.L. . 1 . 1 . 1971.