:Erwood railway station

{{Short description|Former railway station in Wales}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}

{{more citations needed|date=March 2017}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Erwood

| status = Disused

| image = Erwood former station geograph-3460101-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg

| caption = The former station at Erwood

| borough = Erwood, Powys

| country = Wales

| coordinates = {{coord|52.0861|-3.3315|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SO087439|25|SO087439}}

| platforms = 2

| original = Mid-Wales Railway

| pregroup = Cambrian Railways

| postgroup = Great Western Railway

| years = 1864

| events = Opened

| years1 = 1962

| events1 = 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|access-date=9 March 2017}}

}}

Erwood railway station is a former station on the Mid Wales Railway in Erwood, between Brecon and Llanidloes, Powys, Wales.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-23756850|title=Railway carriage restoration bid by Erwood craft centre|year=2013|work=Mid Wales|publisher=BBC|access-date=27 April 2015}}

The station building has been reconstructed but the platforms remain in situ. The station house is intact with extensions. {{citation needed|date=April 2015}}

There are three old railway carriages at Erwood on the platform edge. Two house craft exhibits and another awaits restoration. There is also a 1939 Fowler 0-4-0 industrial diesel locomotive, maker's number 22878, fleet number 'AMW No. 169', and named "Alan",{{cite web |title=Fowler 0-4-0 Diesel Shunter of 1939, Erwood Station, Powys |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpy8tJ6-0g8 |access-date=2 January 2019}} which has been cosmetically restored.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} It is named after Alan Cunningham, the founder of Erwood Craft Centre.

The three carriages are:

• Great Western Railway six-compartment luggage composite, (body only){{cite web |title=GWR Six compartment luggage composite (body only) |url=http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=4495 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112010300/http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=4495 |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 November 2024 |publisher=Vintage Carriages Trust |access-date=2 January 2019}}
• Midland Railway six-wheel five-compartment Third (body only), built 1886{{cite web |title=MR Six-wheel 5 Compartment Third (body only) built 1886 |url=http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3870 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807101114/http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3870 |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 August 2024 |publisher=Vintage Carriages Trust |access-date=2 January 2019}}
• GWR 587 Four-wheel Third (body only), built 1873{{cite web |title=GWR 587 Four-wheel Third (body only) built 1873 |url=http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=2659 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916180748/http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=2659 |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 September 2024 |publisher=Vintage Carriages Trust |access-date=2 January 2019}}

File:Former railway line, Erwood - geograph.org.uk - 669753.jpg now a road in Erwood.]]