Cyfronydd railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Cyfronydd, Powys, Wales}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Cyfronydd

| type = Station on heritage railway

| image = Cyfronydd Station - geograph.org.uk - 1334320.jpg

| caption = View of the single island platform in 2009.

| borough = Cyfronydd, Powys

| country = Wales

| coordinates = {{coord|52.6605|-3.2754|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SJ138077|25|SJ138077}}

| owned = Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway

| manager = Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway

| platforms = 2

| years = 6 April 1903

| events = opened

| years1 = 9 February 1931

| events1 = closed for passengers

| years2 = 3 November 1956

| events2 = closed completely

| years3 = 6 April 1963{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=146}}

| events3 = reopened

}}

Cyfronydd railway station lies {{cvt|9.2|km}} from Welshpool's Raven Square station on the narrow gauge Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway in Mid Wales. This is where trains pass each other when a two train service is operating. Passengers are able to alight and join trains here. The station serves the hamlet of Cyfronydd on the main Dolgellau to Welshpool road as well as Cyfronydd Hall.Rushton, Page 27

File:Countess at Cyfronydd - geograph.org.uk - 1482463.jpg arrives with train at Cyfronydd]]

File:WLLR 2 and 1, passing at Cyfronydd.jpg

Cyfronydd Hall, where former Foreign Secretary William Hague lives, is nearby.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11348337/William-Hague-splashes-out-on-2.5million-Welsh-country-estate.html |title=William Hague splashes out on £2.5million Welsh country estate |last=Ward |first=Victoria |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |date=15 January 2015 |accessdate=9 October 2017}}

Opened on 6 April 1903,{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=75}} the station closed to passengers on 9 February 1931.{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=75}} It was the Great Western Railway that withdrew passenger services in 1931;Rushton, Page 6 the line closed completely on 3 November 1956.Rushton, Page 6