Editing Llanidloes (section)

===The railway station and the Newtown and Llanidloes Railway===
[[File:Llanidloes station, with southbound Mid-Wales line train geograph-2540463-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Ex-[[Great Western Railway|GWR]] [[William Dean (engineer)|"Dean Goods"]] [[GWR 2301 Class|2301 Class 0-6-0]] No.2483 at [[Llanidloes railway station]] passenger train going towards [[Builth Wells]] and [[Brecon]], 29 August 1949]]
[[Llanidloes railway station]] was opened in 1864 by the [[Llanidloes and Newtown Railway]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.powys.org.uk/history/llani/railway1.html|title=Llanidloes - the railway.|website=history.powys.org.uk}}</ref> Designed as a grand junction station, it was to connect the [[Mid-Wales Railway]] and the [[Manchester and Milford Railway]] in the south, with Newtown and the [[Oswestry and Newtown Railway]] to the north. Designed to hold the railway company's offices, the building is in the [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] style. The Llanidloes and Newtown railway eventually formed part of the [[Cambrian Railways]], linking it with South Wales. The station closed for passengers on 31 December 1962. The Llanidloes by-pass road runs along a section of the former railway, and the station still stands beside this road. It is now restored and occupied by small businesses.{{sfnp|Scourfield|Haslam|2013|page=173}}