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Powys (/ ˈ p oʊ ɪ s, ˈ p aʊ ɪ s / POH-iss, POW-iss, [4] Welsh:) is a county and preserved county in Wales. [a] It borders Gwynedd, Denbighshire, and Wrexham to the north; the English ceremonial counties of Shropshire and Herefordshire to the east; Monmouthshire, Blaenau Gwent, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Rhondda Cynon Taf, and Neath Port Talbot to the south; and Carmarthenshire and ...
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Sugar Loaf railway station is a railway station in Powys,Wales, and is part of the Heart of Wales Line.It is the most geographically remote station in Wales. The station is located one mile (1.5 kilometres) northeast of a small but prominent knoll known as Sugar Loaf, around which the A483 road loops.
The station was opened in 1865, [1] as the terminus of a branch line from Knighton by the Central Wales Railway which was absorbed by the LNWR soon after completion. . Construction of the Central Wales Extension Railway (another LNWR-backed project) southwards towards Llandovery started soon after and upon completion of this line in 1868 placed the town on a through route between Craven Arms
Llanfyllin railway station is the former terminal station of the Llanfyllin Branch of Cambrian Railways, which served the town of Llanfyllin in Powys, Wales. The whole line opened from Llanymynech via Llansantffraid , Llanfechain and Bryngwyn in 1863, to enable access to the limestone quarries along the Llanfyllin valley. [ 1 ]
Welshpool railway station is a railway station on the Cambrian Line in Powys, mid-Wales.It was first opened in August 1860, but the current station was opened in May 1992 to allow for track re-alignment, the same day that the original closed, and is a short distance from the original.
Further south, the Neath and Brecon Railway obtained an act of parliament for a line from Sennybridge to Llangammarch; that railway's promoter, John Dickson, also made a start on constructing the interconnecting route, but work was suspended on his bankruptcy in 1867 and never resumed. The partially completed earthworks can still be seen in the ...