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Station Approach, LLANIDLOES, SY18 6EB

View northward, towards Moat Lane Junction: ex-Cambrian Railways Moat Lane - Builth - Three Cocks line. Back in 1949, ex-Cambrian or ex-GW 0-6-0's worked most of the traffic on this line, which was closed on 31/12/62 although goods traffic continued as far as Llanidloes until 4/5/64. No. 2483 is a GW 'Dean Goods' 0-6-0 (built 5/1896, withdrawn 9/52).

Opened in 1864 on the Cambrian Railway's line from Newtown to Brecon, this station closed to passengers in 1962 and completely in 1964. View north west towards Dolwen and Newtown. All trace of a railway was removed when the A470 was built, except for the rather grand station building.

A grand station building for a provincial small town but a gem.

A useful cut through for residents east of the main road.

As the railways rather belatedly spread into mid-Wales, Llanidloes seemed destined to become the meeting point of three of them, namely the Newtown and Llanidloes from the north, the Mid Wales from the south, and the Manchester and Milford from the south west. Consequently by agreement the Newtown and Llanidloes built this imposing station building to house the offices of the three companies. It also extended its line a short distance to the south to Penpompren to meet the lines of the other two companies. In the event, the Manchester and Milford failed to complete its line over the Cambrian mountains and never used the station, while the Newtown and Llanidloes joined with other lines to form the Cambrian Railways, with its headquarters in Oswestry, so the building was rather underused, particularily after the Cambrian absorbed the Mid Wales some years later. Llanidloes lost its passenger service and also the line to the south in 1962, with the northern line used for some freight until closed in 1967. Thereafter the building was left idle, until splendidly restored in 1984 to house local offices and businesses.

Opened in 1864 on the Mid Wales Railway line, this neo Georgian building was given this grand country house style appearance since the Cambrian Railways were going to base their headquarters here; they moved in to Oswestry railway station by the time Llanidloes station opened. The railway station closed on 31st December 1962, and the railway line was removed some years later. The site of the railway is now the A470 road, where it was laid on the old railway track for the town bypass road. The building now houses JJP Services (garden machinery supplier, I think) and Wedding Belles At Lauras (wedding shop).

The fire station at Llanidloes is adjacent to the former railway station.

Placed on No. 5 Maesyllan are the headquarters of NatSol, which manufactures compost toilets.