Welshpool railway station

Original station -designed GWR 4300 Class 2-6-0 no. 7309 exits the locomotive depot at Welshpool in 1957 Built by the Oswestry & Newtown Railway, the original station opened on 14 August 1860 (although some sources suggest 1859). The line was initially operated by the London & North Western Railway before being absorbed by the Cambrian Railways, which became part of the Great Western Railway at the grouping that came into effect on 1 January 1923. About 100 metres north of the station were exchange sidings with the narrow gauge Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway, which opened for freight traffic in 1903. They closed in 1956, with a separate station serving passenger traffic until 1931. required the railway line to be shifted to the south. To enable this, the original station was closed and a new single island platform was constructed by British Rail north of it, to allow realignment in 1992. The replacement station platform is reached by a pedestrian bridge crossing both the railway and the A483, with long uncovered inclines to the north and stepped access from the south. The original station building can still be seen across the road. ==Facilities==

There are no facilities beyond a ticket vending machine, small shelter, bench seating, passenger information displays and a customer help point. == Passenger volume ==

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April. ==Services==

Transport for Wales operates trains westwards to , which then split to and ; eastbound services travel to and . There is a basic two-hourly service each way on weekdays and Saturdays, with additional hourly Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth services at peak times. On Sundays, there is a two-hourly service on the Shrewsbury - Aberystwyth axis, five of which have through portions or connections along the coast to/from Pwllheli. ==References==