Erwood railway station

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Erwood
The former station at Erwood
General information
Location	Erwood, Powys Wales
Coordinates	52°05′10″N 3°19′53″W / 52.0861°N 3.3315°W / 52.0861; -3.3315
Grid reference	SO087439
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Mid-Wales Railway
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1864	Opened
1962	Closed[1]

Erwood railway station is a former station on the Mid Wales Railway in Erwood, between Brecon and Llanidloes, Powys, Wales.^[2]

The station building has been reconstructed but the platforms remain in situ. The station house is intact with extensions. ^{[citation needed]}

There are three old railway carriages at Erwood on the platform edge. Two house craft exhibits and another awaits restoration. There is also a 1939 Fowler 0-4-0 industrial diesel locomotive, maker's number 22878, fleet number 'AMW No. 169', and named "Alan",^[3] which has been cosmetically restored.^{[citation needed]} It is named after Alan Cunningham, the founder of Erwood Craft Centre.

The three carriages are:

• Great Western Railway six-compartment luggage composite, (body only)^[4]
• Midland Railway six-wheel five-compartment Third (body only), built 1886^[5]
• GWR 587 Four-wheel Third (body only), built 1873^[6]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Erwood railway station.

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Brecon to Newtown. Middleton Press. figs. 41-45. ISBN 9781906008062. OCLC 288983659.

• History of Erwood Station
• Video footage of the Fowler Diesel Shunter exhibit & the station
• Video of the old weighbridge at Erwood
• Video of the old hand operated crane at Erwood