Scafell Halt railway station

Former railway station in Powys, Wales

52°30′22″N 3°21′14″W / 52.5060°N 3.3539°W / 52.5060; -3.3539Grid referenceSO082906Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyOswestry and Newtown RailwayPre-groupingCambrian RailwaysPost-groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates1863Opened^[1]^{[page needed]}July 1891Closed^[1]9 June 1913Reopened^[2]1952Closed to passengers^[1]1955Officially closed^[1]

Scafell Halt was a railway station on the Cambrian Line, located to the west of Newtown, Powys, Wales; it was adjacent to Scafell Bridge on the River Severn.^[3] The station was opened in 1863 and closed in July 1891, before reopening on 9 June 1913; it closed finally to passengers in 1952 and closed completely in 1955.^[1] The station building was later converted to a private house.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Jenkins & Loader 2015
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Great Britain: OS Six Inch, 1888-1913". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

Sources

Jenkins, Stanley C.; Loader, Martin (2015). The Great Western Railway: Shrewsbury to Pwllheli. Vol. 5. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781445642864. OCLC 898088602.