Four Crosses railway station

Four Crosses railway station

Four Crosses railway station was a station on the former Cambrian Railway between Oswestry and Welshpool.

It opened in 1860 as part of the Oswestry and Newtown Railway and served the village of Four Crosses in Powys, Wales until closure in 1965. The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.

External links

* [http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/ Disused stations]
* [http://www.cambrian-railways-soc.co.uk/~nantmawr/hist1.html History of the line]


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