Editing Machynlleth (section)

== Transport ==
[[Machynlleth railway station]] was built by the [[Newtown and Machynlleth Railway]]; it provides services to [[Aberystwyth railway station|Aberystwyth]] and the [[Cambria]]n coast to the west, and [[Newtown railway station (Wales)|Newtown]] and [[Shrewsbury railway station|Shrewsbury]] to the east. Services are operated by [[Transport for Wales Rail|Transport for Wales]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timetables |work=Transport for Wales |date=May 2023 |access-date=20 July 2023 |url= https://tfw.wales/service-status/timetables |quote=}}</ref>

The town is home to the signalling centre that controls the [[European Rail Traffic Management System]] (ERTMS) on the [[Cambrian Line]]. The system went into full operational use in March 2011.

From 1859 to 1948, the town was served by the [[narrow-gauge railway|narrow-gauge]] [[Corris Railway]], which brought slate from the quarries around [[Corris]] and [[Aberllefenni]] for onward despatch to the markets. The railway's original station, {{stnlnk|Machynlleth Town}} was on Brickfield Street, and operated from about 1860 to about 1874. It was replaced by a [[Machynlleth railway station (Corris Railway)|new station]], opened in 1874, next to the mainline station.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Corris Railway Stations at Machynlleth Before Steam |journal=[[Narrow Gauge and Industrial Railway Modelling Review]] |last1=MRFS |first2=Dan |last2=Quine |author-link2=Dan Quine |publisher=RCL Publications |issue=139 |date=July 2024}}</ref> A new station building was built in 1905, and can still be seen alongside the road approaching the town from the north.

Machynlleth is served by two [[TrawsCymru]] long-distance bus routes. The T2 connects the town with [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]] to the north and continues to Aberystwyth, where connections can be made to South Wales. There is also the T12 which runs to [[Wrexham]], via Newtown; this is branded as ''TrawsCymru Connect''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Machynlleth Bus Services |work=Bus Times |date=2023 |access-date=20 July 2023 |url= https://bustimes.org/localities/Machynlleth |quote=}}</ref>