Cwmdurailwaystation served the hamlet of Cwmdu, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1913 to 1932 on the Port Talbot Railway. The...
blown in 1828 and by 1831 the population of the local hamlet had tripled (Cwmdu, from 968 to 2,880). The Maesteg Iron Company later became known as the...
on Wye and the community councils for Cefn-coed-y-cymmer, Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine, Llangattock, Llangors, Llanthony, Llywel, Pontsticill...
of town featured on the BBC's Village SOS television series. A fort near Cwmdu (Pen-y-Gaer) is of significance to Talgarth, as it was the site where a...
modernised, and two new large collieries were sunk at Caerau and St John's (Cwmdu). With the development of the coal industry, the local population increased...
closed 12 September 1932; Garth; opened by March 1899; closed 9 June 1913; Cwmdu; opened 9 June 1913; closed 12 September 1932; Maesteg; opened 14 February...
space are also offered for hire. Machynlleth railwaystation was built by the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway; it provides services to Aberystwyth and the...
Pen-y-Bont railwaystation, Crossgates on the Heart of Wales line, though connections are usually made at the more accessible Llandrindod railwaystation, a similar...
mainline railwaystation is Welshpool and further away is Machynlleth. The town is also the terminus of the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway. This offers...
and 4 S.E. of Welshpool, its post town. The Oswestry and Newtown railway has a station at each of these towns. Forden is situated on the eastern bank of...
Valley Railway had been entirely lifted by 1916. Road transport was used when the Claerwen dam was built in the late 1940s and 1950s. The railway was required...
from 1849. Llanidloes railwaystation was opened in 1864 by the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway. Designed as a grand junction station, it was to connect the...
Jones was erected on its site. Esgairgeiliog railwaystation was a station on the narrow-gauge Corris Railway, although it was the opposite side of the Afon...
Crickhowell [2] the Beacons Way skirts the mass of Pen Cerrig-calch to reach Cwmdu in the Rhiangoll valley then heads up onto the southern ridge of Mynydd...
for good in 1961. Presteign railwaystation was within the Great Western Railway. Knighton is the nearest railwaystation, serviced by Transport for Wales...
former Swansea Vale Railway which linked Swansea via the Neath and Brecon Railway at Coelbren with Brecon. Ystradgynlais railwaystation was operational from...
Powys, Wales. Criggion Radio Station was located nearby. A branch of the now defunct Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway terminated at Criggion. St Michael...
Abermule railwaystation was closed as part of the Beeching cuts in 1965. The Cambrian railway users group has called for the reinstatement of this station. Abermule...
Road railwaystation on the Heart of Wales Line, which is located just over 2 miles to the north-west. The more central (Builth Wells) railwaystation on...
Wells on the A483 to Llandovery. The village is served by Cilmeri railwaystation on the Heart of Wales Line. In the 2001 census, Cilmeri Community had...
Valley Light Railway (TVLR), bridges had to be constructed to enable operations. The later Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway (Potts), which...
had a population of 592. Castle Caereinion railwaystation is on the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway. The community includes the hamlet of Cyfronydd...
of the Cambrian Railways opened in 1863, to provide access to the limestone quarries along the valley, terminating at Llanfyllin station. The main line...
with the building of the new turnpike road in 1821 and the arrival of the railway line between Newtown and Machynlleth in 1861. Geographically, the community...
Neath and Brecon Railway which opened a station in the adjoining village of Defynnog in 1867. The promoter and contractor of the railway, John Dickson,...
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