Hay-on-Wye | |
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The site of the former station in 2001
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| General information | |
| Location | Hay-on-Wye, Powys Wales |
| Coordinates | 52°04′42″N 3°07′29″W / 52.0783°N 3.1247°W / 52.0783; -3.1247 |
| Grid reference | SO229428 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 11 July 1864 | Opened |
| 1962 | Closed[1] |
Hay was a railway station serving the town of Hay-on-WyeinPowys, Wales, although the station was located just across the English border in Herefordshire. Hay had one of the earliest railway stations in the country, being part of a horse-drawn tramway.
The Hay Railway, a horse-worked freight tramroad, opened from the Brecon & Abergavenny CanalatBrecon to Hay on 7 May 1816. The line was opened from Hay to Clifford Castle on 30 July 1817. The line was not completed between The Lakes at Clifford and Eardisley until 1 December 1818 because of the problem of the river crossing at Whitney-on-Wye. The Hay Railway was sold in 1860 to the Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway (HH&BR) which made use of parts of its route.
The HH&BR was a struggling local line, much of it built by Thomas Savin, contractor and builder of many Welsh lines. It was completed in 1864. Like most local lines it was eventually rescued by a larger company – not the Great Western Railway, in whose territory it might be thought to lie – but the Midland Railway, which used it and other lines which it acquired or had running powers over, to put together a through route from BirminghamtoSwansea via Hereford, Brecon, the Neath and Brecon Railway and the Swansea Vale Railway.
The Golden Valley Railway, which had its northern junction at Hay and ran through the Golden ValleytoPontrilas, was built between 1876 and 1889, was closed down in 1898, and then rescued by the Great Western Railway in 1901. It survived as a passenger line until 1941 and goods until the 1950s.
The whole of the Hereford to Brecon line including Hay was closed on 31 December 1962 and completely dismantled by 1963.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Glasbury-on-Wye Line and station closed |
London, Midland and Scottish Railway Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway |
Whitney-on-Wye Line and station closed | ||
| Great Western Railway Golden Valley Railway |
Clifford Line and station closed |
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