Where is Abermule railway station?

Abermule railway station is in Mid Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.5422°, -3.2371°.

Heritage railway stations · Mid Wales

Abermule railway station

Abermule railway station in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Abermule 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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Abermule railway station served the village of Abermule (Abermiwl in Welsh) in Wales. Served by the Oswestry and Newtown railway, it was situated on the English border. Until 1956 it was the junction for the short branch to Kerry, which had a passenger service until 1931 but was largely built for the local timber traffic.

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Background

History

Opened by the Oswestry and Newtown Railway in 1860 (as a temporary rail head – the line to Welshpool not being ready until the following year) and then run by the Cambrian Railways, it became part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The Kerry branch line was opened in July 1863, with Abermule acting as the terminus for the passenger service. This was infrequent under Cambrian management (as few as one a day each way), though the GWR tried to improve loadings by opening two intermediate halts and increasing the service frequency after the grouping. By the late 1920s though, the timetable had shrunk back to just two return trips each weekday and these finally ended in…

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