page_title: Llangurig branch
section_title: Absorption into the GWR
hierarchical_section_title: Llangurig branch / Absorption into the GWR
caption_attribution_description: English: Llangurig station site The northern part of the Manchester &amp; Milford Railway was built from near Llanidloes to this point, passing through the cutting seen ahead, and continuing about half a mile further. When the railway gave up its plans to cross the Cambrian Mountains, it was left to rot and eventually dismantled. In 1925 the GWR which had by then acquired the M&amp;MR looked into reinstating the line as a branch, only to find that it itself had disposed of the land some years earlier.
context_page_description: The Llangurig branch was a part of a proposed scheme by the Manchester and Milford Railway to connect industrialised Northwest England with the West Wales deep water port of Milford Haven. After various financial and construction difficulties, the 1.5 miles of the Llangurig branch is noted as being the shortest lived working branch line in the United Kingdom, receiving only one train.
context_section_description: After emerging from 25 years of bankruptcy in 1900, it was hoped by passengers, freight customers and the authorities that a large railway company would take over the residual western M&MR. After the passing of two Acts of Parliament, in 1906 the Great Western Railway took over running of the M&MR, finally absorbing the company in 1911. The GWR merged the M&MR with the C&CR, worked together to become the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth line.
  In 1923 after grouping, the GWR absorbed the Cambrian Railways, which included the L&NR. In 1925 it looked at reviving the line to Llangurig and beyond as a branchline, but discovered it had itself sold-off the associated land when it had fully absorbed the M&MR in 1911. Penbontbren Junction signal box existed and was manned until the MWR mainline closed on 31 December 1962, under British Railways.
caption: Site of the former Llangurig railway station, in November 1998
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