Llangurig branch
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The Llangurig branch was a part of a proposed scheme by the Manchester and Milford Railway to connect industrialised Northwest England with the West Wales deep water port of Milford Haven. After vario
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The restored Georgian-style façade of Llanidloes railway station in 1990.
Site of the former Llangurig railway station, in November 1998
Mid-Wales Railway
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The Mid-Wales Railway was conceived as a trunk route through Wales connecting industrial areas in North West England with sea ports in South West Wales. The company was prevented from reaching its goa
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…two Acts of Parliament for two separate lines through the same piece of terrain, linking Llanidloes to Aberystwyth: one for the M&MR; the other for the Mid-Wales Railway (MWR). The MWR had Parliamentary authorised running rights from Newtown to Brecon via Builth Wells, and hence onwards to Merthyr Tydfil, Cardiff or Neath…
Rhayader railway station in 1962
The low-level railway station at Builth Road in 1962
A train at Three Cocks Junction railway station in 1949
A goods train near Doldowlod in 1949