Dovey Junction / Cyffordd Dyfi (DVY)

Dovey Junction is a stop on the Cambrian Line on the Powys / Ceredigion border where the line splits towards Aberystwyth or Pwllheli. The station is between Machynllech and Borth or Penhelig.

Transport for Wales 158 830 arrives with an east bound service

Information
Type:	National Rail (Cambrian Line)
Station code:	DVY
Opened:	1863
Platforms:	2

The station was opened as Gandovey Junction in 1863 by the Cambrian Railway, it was renamed Dovey Junction in 1904, Dovey or Dyfi refers to the river next to the station. Nowadays the station is in the middle of the Dyfi National Nature Reserve. It is also close to the hamlet of Glandyfi which is where the station entrance, this is in Ceredigion a kilometre away from the platforms which are in Powys!

The original Cambrian Railway buildings were replaced in the 1970s by a new brick building [1], this has now been replaced by a bus shelter type structure. The station is managed by Transport for Wales, there is a service in both directions at least every two hours, hourly at peak times.

The nature reserve is around the station

Down the platform

Station entrance

Down both platforms

TfW 158 827 departs for Pwllheli

[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Machynlleth to Barmouth (Middleton Press, 2009) Fig. 15

Newtown / Y Drenewydd (NWT)

Newtown / Y Drenewydd is a stop on the Cambrian Line in Powys between Caersws and Welshpool.

Transport for Wales 158 839 at Newtown

Information
Type:	National Rail (Cambrian Line)
Station code:	NWT
Opened:	1863
Platforms:	2

The station was opened by the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway in 1863, it became part of the Cambrian Railway two years later. This was not Newtown's first station however, that was opened in 1859 by the Llanidloes & Newtown Railway, a bay was served by this railway which closed in the early 1960s. The station was rebuilt in 1869 and the current station building dates from this rebuild [1]. The station had two goods yards which are now closed. 

The station is managed and served by Transport for Wales with services between Birmingham International and Aberystwyth or Pwllheli. Access between the platforms is via a footbridge.

Main station building

Road bridge and footbridge behind

Footbridge

View down the platform

A TfW 158 heads off

[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Shrewsbury to Newtown (Middleton Press, 2008) Fig. 113

Machynlleth (MCN)

Machynlleth is a stop on the Cambrian Line in Powys between Caersws and Dovey Junction.

TfW Class 158 at Machynlleth

Information
Type:	National Rail (Cambrian Line)
Station code:	MCN
Opened:	1863
Platforms:	2

The station was opened by the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway in 1863, this is four years after the town's first station, a narrow gauge Corris Railway station. The line later became part of the Cambrian Railway though in 1922 it was absorbed by the Great Western Railway. The station had a small engine shed which has survived and is still in railway though these days used for servicing diesel multiple units. The goods yard remained in use until 1974 [1].

Trains bound for Aberystwyth and Pwllheli from Shrewsbury (usually as far as Birmingham International) divide at Machynlleth, similarly England bound trains merge at the station. Access between the platforms is via a footbridge. The main station building has survived and is used as a booking office. The station is managed by Transport for Wales.

Main station building

Down the platform

View from the footbridge

Footbridge

Looking up towards the station building

[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Machynlleth to Barmouth (Middleton Press, 2009) Fig. 7

Llanfyllin

Llanfyllin was the terminus of the Llanfyllin Branch Line from Llanymynech in Powys. The previous station on the line was Bryngwyn Halt.

Llanfyllin (KD Collection)

Information
Type:	National Rail (Llanfyllin Branch Line)
Opened:	1863
Closed:	1965
Platforms:	1

The branch line was opened by the Oswestry and Newtown Railway in 1863 to access limestone quarries along the Llanfyllin valley. The branch later became part of the Cambrian Railway and later still the Great Western Railway. The branch line, along with Llanfyllin and the three intermediate stations was closed in 1965 along with the line between Oswestry and Welshpool from which it had branched off.

The station had a running around loop and a small goods yard with a shed. An industrial estate now occupies the station site though the station building and goods shed still survive.