Editing Cambrian Line (section)

==History==
[[File:Bow Street railway station 1868608 2d708665.jpg|thumb|left|Bow Street station in 1962]]

The line comprises:
* [[Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway]] between Shrewsbury and Buttington
* [[Oswestry and Newtown Railway]] between Buttington Junction and Newtown
* [[Llanidloes and Newtown Railway]] between Newtown and Moat Lane Junction
* [[Newtown and Machynlleth Railway]] between Moat Lane Junction and Machynlleth
* [[Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway]] between Machynlleth and Aberystwyth/Pwllheli.

These lines were constructed between 1855 and 1869. The section west of Buttington Junction became part of the [[Cambrian Railways]] in 1864.

The Cambrian Railways became part of the [[Great Western Railway]] under the [[Railways Act 1921|Grouping Act]] of 1921. On nationalisation, these lines were operated first by the [[Western Region of British Railways]] and later by the [[London Midland Region]]. In a later reorganisation, passenger services were operated by the [[Regional Railways]] Central sector. Following privatisation in the mid 1990s, passenger services were first operated by [[Central Trains]], then by [[Wales & Borders]] from 2001, [[Arriva Trains Wales]] from 2003, [[KeolisAmey Wales]] from 2018 and publicly-owned Transport for Wales from 2021.

===Closed stations===
Although the line survived the [[Beeching Axe]], many stations were closed from the 1960s onwards:

Shrewsbury to Dovey Junction:
* {{rws|Hanwood}}
* {{rws|Yockleton}}
* {{rws|Westbury|Salop}}
* {{rws|Plas-y-Court Halt}}
* {{rws|Breidden}}
* {{rws|Buttington}} (connection with the [[Cambrian Railways]] line to Oswestry)
* {{rws|Forden}}
* {{rws|Montgomery}}
* {{rws|Abermule}}
* {{rws|Scafell Halt}}
* [[Moat Lane Junction]] (connection with [[Mid Wales Railway]] to [[Brecon Free Street railway station|Brecon]])
* {{rws|Pontdolgoch}}
* {{rws|Carno}} (reopening proposed, application at final stage)
* {{rws|Talerddig}}
* {{rws|Llanbrynmair}}
* {{rws|Commins Coch Halt}}
* {{rws|Cemmes Road}} (connection with [[Mawddwy Railway]] to {{rws|Dinas Mawddwy}})

Dovey Junction to Aberystwyth:
* {{rws|Glandyfi}}
* {{rws|Ynyslas}}
* {{rws|Llandre}}
* {{rws|Bow Street}} (reopened in 2021)

Dovey Junction to Pwllheli:
* {{rws|Gogarth}}
* {{rws|Abertafol}}
* {{rws|Llangelynin}}
* {{rws|Black Rock Halt}}
* {{rws|Afon Wen}} (connection with the [[Carnarvonshire Railway]] to {{rws|Carnarvon}})
* The [[Ruabon Barmouth Line|Ruabon]] bound platforms at {{rws|Barmouth Junction}} were also closed in 1965 and the station renamed ''Morfa Mawddach''.