Former railway station in Powys, Wales
Former road crossing, now closed, at Llanbrynmair station
Llanbrynmair railway station was a railway station on the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway (N&MR) in Mid-Wales , serving the village of Llanbrynmair .
After leaving Newtown (Powys) , the N&MR crossed the River Severn and passed the Cambrian Mountains through Talerddig cutting , junctioning with the Mawddwy Railway at Cemmes Road . It then proceeded to Machynlleth .
Llanbrynmair shut under the Beeching Axe in 1965, although the station building itself remains today as a private house.
After a fatality in October 1999, the adjacent level crossing was closed and the road was diverted.
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Sources
Jenkins, Stanley C.; Loader, Martin (2015). The Great Western Railway: Shrewsbury to Pwllheli . Vol. 5. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445642864 . OCLC 898088602 .