Builth Road
Builth Road 
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Builth Road station platform looking north, September 2013
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| Location | |
| Place | Builth Wells |
| Local authority | Powys |
| Coordinates | 52°10′08″N 3°25′38″W / 52.1689°N 3.4271°WCoordinates: 52°10′08″N 3°25′38″W / 52.1689°N 3.4271°W |
| Grid reference | SO024532 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BHR |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 9,028 |
| 2012/13 |
 9,526 |
| 2013/14 |
8,340 |
| 2014/15 |
8,054 |
| 2015/16 |
8,244 |
| History | |
| Original company | Mid Wales Railway (Llechryd) and Central Wales Extension Railway (Builth Road) |
| Pre-grouping | Cambrian Railways (Low Level) and London & North Western Railway (High Level) |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway (Low Level) and London, Midland & Scottish Railway (High Level) |
| 1864 | Llechryd station opened |
| 1866 | Builth Road station opened |
| 1889 | Llechryd station renamed Builth Road Low Level |
| 1962 | Low Level platforms closed |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Builth Road from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Builth Road railway station is a station primarily serving the town of Builth Wells, in mid Wales. It is situated on the Heart of Wales Line. The station is just over two miles (about 3.5 km) north of Builth Wells on the A470.
All trains serving the station are operated by Arriva Trains Wales and it is a request stop. There are four trains a day in each direction from Monday to Saturday, and two services on Sundays.
The station uses one of the high level platforms of the former interchange station with the earlier Mid Wales Railway (closed 31 December 1962) which served the town of Builth Wells directly on its route from Cardiff to the North. The original (low level) station did not bear the name "Builth Road", instead being given the name "Llechryd". Builth Road was the name subsequently given to the Central Wales Extension Railway's high level station on the line from Llandrindod Wells to Llandovery that opened in 1866. The Mid-Wales Railway station was eventually renamed Builth Road Low Level in 1889. The two routes crossed immediately south of the High Level station on a girder bridge and were at one time connected by lift.
Both the High and Low Level stations had substantial buildings until the mid-1960s, with High Level also having a goods shed (still in existence) and a running loop to accommodate the banking locomotives employed to assist trains on the 1 in 74 climb up from Llandrindod Wells. The former Low Level station buildings also still stand and are now used as the Cambrian Arms public house, whilst those on the remaining active platform at High Level are now used as housing.
During the Royal Welsh Show, Arriva Trains Wales run special services with connecting buses into Builth Wells.
The station is unmanned (like most others on the route) and has no ticket machine, so tickets must be purchased in advance or on the train. There is a standard waiting shelter on the platform, along with a digital CIS display, timetable poster board and customer help point at the station entrance. Level access is provided from the entrance to the platform, with a section raised to assist passengers boarding and alighting.
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