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
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
Llandrindod Wells is a town and community in Powys, Wales. It serves as the seat of Powys County Council, and is therefore the administrative centre of Powys. The town was historically in Radnorshire.
Mid-Wales Railway
…Wales) near the intersection in April 1866, and the spur was brought into use on 1 November 1866, when the Central Wales Extension Railway opened from Llandrindod to Builth Road. The rest of the CWER to Llandovery was not opened until 1 June 1868. The spur was transferred to the London and North Western Railway…
A gathering of people at the Rock Park Pump House, Llandrindod, 1920s
Vans Good Food Shop, an example of the style of shops of Llandrindod's Victorian heyday