Raven Square Station, Welshpool, Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway

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NPRN415216
Map ReferenceSJ20NW
Grid ReferenceSJ2166707542
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPowys
Old CountyMontgomeryshire
CommunityWelshpool
Type Of SiteRAILWAY STATION
PeriodModern, 20th Century
Description
Current terminal station for the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway (nprn 43037), opened in 1903 to link the market town of Welshpool to the rural community of Llanfair Caereinion. Restoration of the line as a tourist steam railway, following closure as a 'working' line in 1956, started at Llanfair (nprn 404331) until Raven Square in Welshpool was reached in 1981. The present station building at Raven Square was originally at Eardisley in Herefordshire, and a new signal box (nprn 415840) was built.
B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 03 November 2011.