Moat Lane Junction railway station

Moat Lane Junction was a railway junction in Montgomeryshire near to the village of Caersws in mid-Wales. It was the junction where the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway opened in 1863 diverged from the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway which opened four years earlier. Although having only three through platforms, by rural standards it was a busy interchange station and in its heyday possessed a refreshment room.

Moat Lane Junction
Moat Lane Junction Station in 1957
General information
LocationCaersws, Powys
Wales
Coordinates52.5095°N 3.4122°W / 52.5095; -3.4122
Grid referenceSO041911
Platforms4
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company
Pre-groupingCambrian Railways
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1859first station opened
1863resited
1962Closed

Moat Lane Junction is often quoted as a defining feature of the Great Western Railway in Wales, namely its inheritance of junctions in unlikely and inconvenient locations. Other examples are Afon Wen, Talyllyn Junction, Dovey Junction and Barmouth Junction (renamed Morfa Mawddach in 1960).

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