Heritage railway stations · Mid Wales
Strata Florida railway station
Strata Florida railway station in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
Roger Kidd — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
About
Strata Florida 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
Strata Florida was a railway station in Wales, on the former Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line; it served the villages of Ystrad Meurig, Pontrhydfendigaid and Ffair Rhos. The Manchester and Milford Railway (M&MR) opened from Pencader to Aberystwyth on 12 August 1867; the line went into receivership from 1875 to 1900. The site is now part of the Ystwyth Trail, a shared-use rail trail between Aberystwyth and Tregaron.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
The M&MR's original plan was to build a line through the mountains. One scheme involved the building of a six-mile tunnel to Llangurig, whence it would proceed to Llanidloes, reaching Manchester over other companies' lines through Moat Lane, Newtown, Welshpool, Oswestry, Whitchurch and Crewe. The required finance was not forthcoming and the prospect of such a route never being economic became apparent; only the section from Llangurig to Llanidloes was actually built. A line towards Aberystwyth, via Llanilar, was opened instead in 1867; from Aberystwyth, access to Moat Lane and onwards could be achieved, after a reversal, by way of Machynlleth and Caersws. The Great Western Railway (GWR)…
Visiting
Much of the route from Aberystwyth to Tregaron has now been turning into a walking and cycling route, the Ystwyth Trail.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.2872, -3.8912
- District
- Ceredigion
- Parish
- Ystrad Meurig
- Postcode
- SY25 6AX
- Parliamentary constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli
Sources
- wikidata: Q7621745 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Strata Florida railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Strata Florida railway station?
- Strata Florida railway station is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode SY25 6AX), in the parish of Ystrad Meurig.
- Is Strata Florida railway station free to visit?
- Yes, Strata Florida railway station is free to enter.
- How do I get to Strata Florida railway station?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SY25 6AX. It sits within the Ceredigion Preseli parliamentary constituency.