Arddleen railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Arddleen


caption =
locale = Wales
borough = Montgomeryshire
line = Oswestry and Newtown Railway
manager = Cambrian Railway
owner = Great Western Railway
platforms = ?
latitude =
longitude =
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years = 1863
events = Station opens as Arddleen
years1 = 14 June 1964
events1 = Station renamed Arddleen Halt
years2 = 18 January 1965
events2 = Station closes Arddleen railway station served the village of Arddleen in Wales, sited on the former Cambrian Railway between Oswestry and Welshpool. Served by the Oswestry and Newtown railway, it was situated near the English border.

History

Opened by the Oswestry and Newtown Railway then by the Cambrian Railway, it became part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was then closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today

The platform and station building still remain on the site.

References

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd
year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1

*cite book|author=A. Jowett, |title= Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas |publisher=Atlantic Publishing |year=2000 ISBN 0 906899 99 0