Tylwch railway station

Tylwch
The former station master's house seen in 2012
General information
Location	Tylwch, Powys Wales
Coordinates	52.4101°N 3.5155°W / 52.4101; -3.5155
Grid reference	SN969802
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Mid-Wales Railway
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1864	Opened
1939	Downgraded to halt status[1]
1962	Closed[2]

Tylwch railway station was a station in Tylwch, Powys, Wales. The station was closed in 1962.[2]

On 16 September 1899, an accident happened at the station in which a mail train collided with an excursion train. Five people were seriously injured and a 24-year-old woman died in the incident.[1][3]

References

1. "The Railway". St Harmon Community Council. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
2. "Tylwch". VisitorUK. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
3. "Disaster at Tylwch, 1899". history.powys.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2012.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2003). Brecon to Newtown. Middleton Press. figs. 90-92. ISBN 9781906008062. OCLC 288983659.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Llanidloes Line and station closed		Cambrian Railways Mid-Wales Railway		Glan-yr-Afon Halt Line and station closed