:Builth Wells railway station

{{Short description|Rail station in Wales}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Builth Wells

| status = Disused

| image = Builth_Wells_railway_station_(site),_Powys_(geograph_4003061).jpg

| caption = The site of the station in 2014

| borough = Llanelwedd, Powys

| country = Wales

| coordinates = {{coord|52.1535|-3.4016|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SO229428|25|SO229428}}

| platforms = 2

| original = Mid-Wales Railway

| pregroup = Cambrian Railways

| postgroup = Great Western Railway

| years1 = 1864

| events1 = opened

| years2 = 1962

| events2 = Closed{{cite web|url=http://www.britishrailways1960.co.uk/WRSHD14.html|title=Moat Lane to Three Cocks Junction (exclusive)|work=British Railways in the 1960s|accessdate=9 March 2017}}

}}

Builth Wells railway station, in Llanelwedd Powys Wales was opened as Builth station on 21 September 1864 by the Mid-Wales Railway, although excursions ran on 19 and 20 September. It was renamed Builth Wells station in 1865 and served the town of Builth Wells. The station closed in 1962.{{cite book|last=Quick|first=M E|title=Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology|year=2002|publisher=Railway and Canal Historical Society|location=Richmond|page=103|oclc=931112387}}

It should not be confused with Builth Road railway station (around two miles (3.5 km) northwest of Builth Wells) which still has train services.

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Further reading

  • {{cite book|title=Brecon to Newtown|first1=Vic|last1=Mitchell|first2=Keith|last2=Smith|at=figs. 49-55|publisher=Middleton Press|year=2007|isbn=9781906008062|oclc=288983659}}

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{{rail line |previous=Builth Road
Low Level Station
Line and station closed |route=Cambrian Railways
Mid-Wales Railway |next=Llanfaredd Halt
Line and station closed |col={{Cambrian colour}} }}

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{{Closed stations Powys}}

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Category:Disused railway stations in Powys

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1864

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1962

Category:Former Cambrian Railway stations

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