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3 unusual facts about Craven Arms railway station


Craven Arms railway station

There are four trains a day (two on Sundays) in each direction between Swansea and Shrewsbury along the Heart of Wales Line.

Platform 1, on the west side, serves northbound trains to Shrewsbury and beyond as well as trains both to and from Swansea via the Heart of Wales Line.

The LNWR and Great Western Railway jointly leased the main line in 1862, whilst the modest Knighton branch would eventually be extended right though to Swansea by the LNWR over the course of the next decade.


Llandovery railway station

The LNWR's Central Wales Extension Railway arrived from the north a decade later to complete the through route between Craven Arms and Swansea, with the LNWR and GWR taking joint control of the Llandovery to Llandeilo section.


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