Caersws railway station
Caersws railway station is on the Cambrian Line in mid-Wales, serving the village of Caersws. It is notable in that there are 22 miles separating this station and Machynlleth, the longest distance between two intermediate stations in Wales.- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Caersws, Powys Wales, UK, opened in 1863
- Also known as: “Caersws Railway Station”, “Caersws Railway Station, with Stationmaster’s House”, “Caersws Station”, and “CWS”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Red Lion and Maesmawr Hall.
Maesmawr Hall
Hotel
Maesmawr Hall is a historic timber-framed house, situated to the southeast of Caersws, in the historic county of Montgomeryshire, which now forms part of Powys in Wales. Maesmawr Hall is situated 3,800 feet east of Caersws railway station.
Cefn Carnedd
Archaeological site
Cefn Carnedd is an Iron Age hillfort, about 1.5 miles south-west of Caersws, in Powys, Wales. It is a scheduled monument. It is on a hill overlooking the River Severn to the east, and Afon Cerist and Afon Trannon to the north; there is a river confluence to the north-east, between the fort and Caersws. Cefn Carnedd is situated 1½ miles southwest of Caersws railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caersws and Llanwnnog.
Caersws
Village
Caersws is a village and community on the River Severn, in the Welsh county of Powys; it was formerly in Montgomeryshire. It is located 5 miles west of Newtown, halfway between Aberystwyth and Shrewsbury.
Llanwnnog
Village
Llanwnnog is a village in Powys, Wales. It is located one-and-a half miles north of Caersws in the community of the same name, on the B4568 road. The Ordnance Survey spell the name with a single 'n'. Until 1987 Llanwnog was a community.
Pontdolgoch
Village
Pontdolgoch is a very small village in Powys, Wales. It is located on the A470 road, some 2 miles northwest of Caersws. The River Carno flows through the village. Pontdolgoch is situated 2 miles northwest of Caersws railway station.
Caersws railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Caersws, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.51614° or 52° 30′ 58″ north
Longitude
-3.4326° or 3° 25′ 57″ west
Elevation
407 feet (124 metres)
Operator
Network
Abbreviation
“CWS”
Open location code
9C4RGH88+FX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=station
OpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
OpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Caersws railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Caersws”
- Dutch: “Station Caersws”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة كايرسوس”
- French: “Caersws”
- French: “gare de Caersws”
- Urdu: “کیرسوز ریلوے اسٹیشن”
- Welsh: “Caersŵs”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Caersŵs”
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