Llangynllo railway station is a countryside stop in Powys about 5 miles west of Knighton, on the Heart of Wales Line. The station is located 1.4 miles north of Llangunllo village (also known as Llangynllo), at road level beside one house and two cottages on a minor rural road off the B4356 road.
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Llangunllo, Powys Wales | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°21′00″N 3°9′42″W / 52.35000°N 3.16167°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SO209730 | ||||
| Managed by | Transport for Wales | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
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| Station code | LGO | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1865 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  800 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  20 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 396 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 684 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 780 | ||||
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Services
editAll trains serving the station are operated by Transport for Wales. There are five trains a day in each direction from Monday to Saturday and a sixth morning service to Shrewsbury for commuters on weekdays; two services call on Sundays.[1]
This is a request stop, where passengers have to signal to the driver to board or alight from the train. The highest point on the line (about 980 ft (299 m) above sea level) is a short distance to the north of the station, near to the southern portal of the 647 yd (592 m) long Llangynllo tunnel.[2]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Llanbister Road | Transport for Wales Heart of Wales Line |
Knucklas | ||
Facilities
editThe station is unstaffed and has no ticketing provision, so all tickets must be purchased before travel or on the train. It has been fitted with a Customer Information display, payphone and customer help point in addition to the standard timetable poster board and waiting shelter. The platform is low, which has caused access issues for passengers in the past (a set of wooden steps was required to join or alight from modern stock)[3] but an easy access ramp has since been fitted to help passengers when joining or leaving trains.[4] A disused platform is still visible opposite the active one, as a passing loop was located here until the early 1960s.
Places of interest
editAt Llangunllo nearby are the Olgliniau Cynllo, the knee prints of St Cynllo at prayer.[5] These are examples of a petrosomatoglyph. Official Llangunllo Website: Official Llangunllo Website
References
edit- ^ Table 130 National Rail timetable, May 2023
- ^ Heart of Wales Line Travellers Association Newsletter, Winter 2014, pp. 3-4www.howlta.org; Retrieved 6 July 2016
- ^ Llangynllo station in 2012 Bolwell, Jeremy Geograph.org.uk; Retrieved 21 July 2017
- ^ Llangynllo station facilities National Rail Enquiries
- ^ "The Poetical Works of Lewis Glyn Cothi: A Celebrated Bard" Glyn Cothi, Lewis; Cymmrodorion, 1837 pp.326-27 (Google Books); Retrieved 21 July 2017
Further reading
edit- Organ, John (2008). Mitchell, Vic (ed.). Craven Arms to Llandeilo. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 35-37. ISBN 9781906008352. OCLC 648080889.
External links
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Media related to Llangynllo railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Train times and station information for Llangynllo railway station from National Rail
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