Llandinam railway station

Llandinam
Site of Llandinam railway station, next to the River Severn, in 2017
General information
Location	Llandinam, Powys Wales
Coordinates	52.4863°N 3.4380°W / 52.4863; -3.4380
Grid reference	SO023886
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Llanidloes and Newtown Railway
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1859	opened
1962	closed

Llandinam railway station was a station serving Llandinam, Powys, on the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway (L&NR) line.^[1] The L&NR was authorised in August 1853; construction began in October 1855 and the line was opened between those points for goods traffic only on 30 April 1859 – passengers were carried from 31 August 1859. Llandinam was one of three intermediate stations on the 13-mile line.^[2] The station was opened in 1859 by David Davies who was born in Llandinam and was a major contractor for building the line.^[3][4] In July 1864 the L&NR amalgamated with three other railways to create the Cambrian Railways,^[5] which in January 1922 amalgamated with the Great Western Railway which itself became part of British Railways in 1948.^[6]

It closed to passengers at the end of 1962, and finally to goods in 1967.^[6]

The station fronted the River Severn beyond Llandinam Bridge and is now a private dwelling.^[7] There remains a section of track embedded in the road from the A470 to Broneirion at the former level crossing site.

Services

In 1904, the station could handle goods, passengers and parcels, but there were no facilities for the conveyance by rail of road vehicles or livestock. There was no crane for loading goods wagons.^[8] By 1956, however, the station could accommodate “furniture vans, carriages, motor cars, portable engines, and machines, on wheels” as well as live stock, horse boxes and prize cattle vans, as well as “carriages and motor cars by passenger or parcels train”.^[9]

Passenger services in October 1904 comprised seven down (southbound) services each day from Moat Lane, of which three ran only as far as Llanidloes; one ran to Builth Wells; and three ran right through to Brecon. In the up (northbound) direction, there were six trains to Moat Lane, three of which originated at Brecon; one at Builth Wells; and two at Llanidloes. On Sundays, there was one train in each direction, running between Moat Lane and Brecon. Three of the daily down services stopped only by request.^[10] In October 1942 there were six passenger trains per day in each direction, and one in each direction was extended beyond Moat Lane to Whitchurch but there was no longer a Sunday service.^[11] By 1962 there were nine trains in each direction, and there was now a through service to and from Cardiff Queen Street.^[12]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Moat Lane Junction Line and station closed		Cambrian Railways Llanidloes and Newtown Railway		Dolwen Line and station closed

References

1. "Llanidloes & Newtown Railway". Archived from the original on 12 November 2012.
2. Kidner, Roger W. (1992) [1954]. The Cambrian Railways. The Oakwood Library of Railway History (2nd ed.). Headington: Oakwood Press. p. 11. ISBN 0-85361-439-3. OL55.
3. "Llandinam Heritage Hub". Facebook.
4. "The Story of the Cambrian".
5. Kidner 1992, pp. 18, 21
6. "Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust - Projects - Historic Landscapes - the Caersws Basin - Transport and Communications".
7. "4 bedroom detached house for sale".
8. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. 1970 [1904]. p. 323. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.
9. Official Hand-book of Stations. London: British Transport Commission (Railway Clearing House). 1956. p. 256.
10. Kidner, Roger W. (2003) [1990]. The Mid-Wales Railway. The Oakwood Library of Railway History (2nd ed.). Usk: Oakwood Press. p. 110. ISBN 0-85361-606-X. OL79.
11. Kidner 2003, pp. 136–7
12. Kidner 2003, pp. 150–1

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Brecon to Newtown. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 105-106. ISBN 9781906008062. OCLC 288983659.