Heritage railway stations · Mid Wales
Carno railway station
Carno railway station in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
David Medcalf — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
About
Carno railway station is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Carno railway station served the village of Carno, in Powys, Wales. It was a stop on the Cambrian Line that was part of the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway. The station was closed in 1965 as part of the Beeching Cuts, though there are proposals to reopen it.
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Background
History
Carno station was opened by the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway, which had been incorporated in 1857 to connect the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway with via . The 22+3/4 mi line was leased to the Oswestry and Newtown Railway and services began on 3 January 1863 from Machynlleth, calling at Moat Lane Junction, , Carno, and . The line was single with passing loops at Carno, Llanbrynmair and Cemmes Road. The station was situated to the north of Carno, which had a population of 717 in 1901. Two platforms were provided with the main station buildings and generously sized goods shed situated on the down platform. A signal box with 24 levers was erected at the west end of the down platform; it had…
Description
The station building remains extant and is in private ownership. Trains continue to pass through the former station site on the Cambrian Line.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.5646, -3.5381
- District
- Powys
- Parish
- Carno
- Postcode
- SY17 5LG
- Parliamentary constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr
Sources
- wikidata: Q28195280 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Carno railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Carno railway station?
- Carno railway station is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode SY17 5LG), in the parish of Carno.
- Is Carno railway station free to visit?
- Yes, Carno railway station is free to enter.
- How do I get to Carno railway station?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SY17 5LG. It sits within the Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr parliamentary constituency.