Crambrian Railway

I first came across this while going to Builth Wells. I could not help noticeing little sections of what looked like a former railway. So on looking at the OS map I could see that indeed a railway had run to and from Builth Wells. I felt it was worth looking into what was left.

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This area used to be the station at Builth Wells

Looking over to the right here you can see the direction the railway went on it's way North

Heading South too you to Erwood Station about five miles away and the railway went along this now cycleway

It would have gone over the bridge below and on along beside the Afon Wye (Afon is Welsh for river)

This now farm tack is part of the old railbed

And this is the cycleway heading towards Builth which is on the railbed as well

This is looking from the Erwood road  and the railway is about half way up the photo

This is where the railway ran further near Aberdew

The hedge here is another good indication of the line

along with this old linemans hut

zoomimg out shows the old fence still in place where the railway went

 As the railway go to Aberedw it would have come along this track

and could well have gone over a bridge here which has been removed

 further on it crossed the Afon Edw here

the bridge of which is still in place along with a good stretch of the railbed

Further along the railway went under this bridge

The sides which are still in good condition

after going under the bridge it would have gone towards the gate you see on the right and on to Erwood

It finally gets to Erwood station which still has a weigh bridge

 and station house

along with platform and train though I doubt it ever ran on this line.

a restored signal box

This would have been the crane used for lifting large items from wagons.

You can always have a cup of tea at the cafe here which is now Erwood Station Craft Center and well worth the look around. This is as far as I went in looking at this part of the line. Travelling along the road to Newport you can see parts of the line still in place but I never hand time to visit any of it.  I did cover more of the line going North from Builth Wells and will cover that in another blog. Remember the rusty old train a couple of photos ago well this is how it looks the last time I visited it.

Impressive don't you think

The train had been restored by the Friends of Erwood Station

New information board on the station

The last time I stopped off at the station, I think it has changed a bit since

Further on from the station is a over bridge were the line comes from Broughrood

The line runs along following the river Wye and under a road bridge tat connects to the A470

The line coming from Erwood

Here it runs towards Broughrood I think the bridge is blocked underneath so no way through. I did think I took some photos of the section between Erwood and Broughrood but seems I did not. I will go back and get a few and update the blog again