Erwood railway station

Erwood railway station is a former station on the Mid Wales Railway in Erwood, between Brecon and Llanidloes, Powys, Wales.[2]

Erwood
The former station at Erwood
General information
LocationErwood, Powys
Wales
Coordinates52.0861°N 3.3315°W / 52.0861; -3.3315
Grid referenceSO087439
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMid-Wales Railway
Pre-groupingCambrian Railways
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1864Opened
1962Closed[1]

The station building has been reconstructed but the platforms remain in situ. The station house is intact with extensions.

There are three old railway carriages at Erwood on the platform edge. Two house craft exhibits and another awaits restoration. There is also a 1939 Fowler 0-4-0 industrial diesel locomotive, maker's number 22878, fleet number 'AMW No. 169', and named "Alan",[3] which has been cosmetically restored. It is named after Alan Cunningham, the founder of Erwood Craft Centre.

The three carriages are:

  • Great Western Railway six-compartment luggage composite, (body only)[4]
  • Midland Railway six-wheel five-compartment Third (body only), built 1886[5]
  • GWR 587 Four-wheel Third (body only), built 1873[6]
Railway trackbed now a road in Erwood.

References
  1. "Moat Lane to Three Cocks Junction (exclusive)". British Railways in the 1960s. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. "Railway carriage restoration bid by Erwood craft centre". Mid Wales. BBC. 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  3. "Fowler 0-4-0 Diesel Shunter of 1939, Erwood Station, Powys". Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  4. "GWR Six compartment luggage composite (body only)". Vintage Carriages Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  5. "MR Six-wheel 5 Compartment Third (body only) built 1886". Vintage Carriages Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  6. "GWR 587 Four-wheel Third (body only) built 1873". Vintage Carriages Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2019.

Further reading
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Erwood railway station.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Brecon to Newtown. Middleton Press. figs. 41-45. ISBN 9781906008062. OCLC 288983659.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Aberedw
Line and station closed		   Great Western Railway
Mid-Wales Railway		   Llanstephan Halt
Line and station closed
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