Brecon Free Street railway station

Brecon Free Street railway station
View westward, towards Neath. Shortly before closure in 1962
Location	Brecon, Powys Wales
Coordinates	51°56′47″N 3°23′05″W / 51.9463°N 3.3846°W / 51.9463; -3.3846Coordinates: 51°56′47″N 3°23′05″W / 51.9463°N 3.3846°W / 51.9463; -3.3846
Grid reference	SO049284
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 March 1871	Joint station opens
31 December 1962	Station closes to passengers
4 May 1964	Station closes to goods

Brecon Free Street railway station served Brecon, in the historic Welsh county of Brecknockshire, now Powys.

The Brecon and Merthyr Railway obtained an Act of Parliament on 1 August 1859 to construct a line between Talybont and Pant. Train services between Brecon and Pant officially began on 23 April 1863 but two trains per day ran from 19 March 1863 from its first station in Watton. The Neath and Brecon Railway had a temporary station at Brecon Mount Street by 1868, but a joint station was opened at Free Street in 1871 replacing the two separate stations.

The line and station finally closed in 1964.

History[]

The Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway became part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923.

The joint engine shed in June 1962

A special train ran to Free Street on 2 May 1964 named the Last Train to Brecon.^[1]

The line closed to passengers on 31 December 1962 and to goods on 4 May 1964.

The site today[]

Heol Gouesnou approximately follows the course of the railway from The Struet to the site of Brecon Free Street station (near the bus station).

External links[]

• http://history.powys.org.uk/school1/brecon/stations.shtml

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