The Railway at Machynlleth
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The Railway at Machynlleth
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 4 Aug 2019
The railway reached Machynlleth in 1863. This Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machynlleth_railway_station has all the facts and figures, including the following bit of Railway Trivia - "It is notable that there is a distance of 22 miles (35 km) between this station and Caersws, the longest distance between two intermediate stations in Wales."
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Image Location
Latitude
52.596151
Longitude
-3.852799