Swansea Vale and Neath and Brecon Junction Railway
Pre-grouping
Neath and Brecon Railway
Post-grouping
Midland Railway
Key dates
19 Nov. 1873 [1]
Station opens (as Yniscedwyn)
1 May 1893[2]
Renamed Ystradgynlais
12 September 1932
Station closes to passengers
Ystradgynlais railway station served the town of Ystradgynlais in the traditional county of Breconshire, Wales. Opened in 1873 by the Swansea Vale and Neath and Brecon Junction Railway, it was eventually absorbed by the Midland Railway and it to passengers in 1932[3] although the line through the station remained open for freight for some time after that.
^Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 501
^Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
^Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 258. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
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