Where is Carno railway station?

Carno railway station is in Mid Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.5646°, -3.5381°.

Heritage railway stations · Mid Wales

Carno railway station

Carno railway station in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.

The Laura Ashley factory building, Carno - geograph.org.uk - 378533 — David Medcalf — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Carno 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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From the Wikipedia article

Carno railway station served the village of Carno, in Powys, Wales. It was a stop on the Cambrian Line that was part of the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway. The station was closed in 1965 as part of the Beeching Cuts, though there are proposals to reopen it.

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Background

History

Carno station was opened by the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway, which had been incorporated in 1857 to connect the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway with via . The 22+3/4 mi line was leased to the Oswestry and Newtown Railway and services began on 3 January 1863 from Machynlleth, calling at Moat Lane Junction, , Carno, and . The line was single with passing loops at Carno, Llanbrynmair and Cemmes Road. The station was situated to the north of Carno, which had a population of 717 in 1901. Two platforms were provided with the main station buildings and generously sized goods shed situated on the down platform. A signal box with 24 levers was erected at the west end of the down platform; it had…

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