Caersws railway station
Caersws 
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| Welsh: Caersŵs | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Caersws |
| Local authority | Powys |
| Coordinates | 52°30′58″N 3°25′59″W / 52.516°N 3.433°WCoordinates: 52°30′58″N 3°25′59″W / 52.516°N 3.433°W |
| Grid reference | SO028918 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CWS |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 44,890 |
| 2012/13 |
46,486 |
| 2013/14 |
 45,900 |
| 2014/15 |
49,250 |
| 2015/16 |
57,942 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 3 January 1863 |
| Original company | Newtown and Machynlleth Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Cambrian Railways |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Caersws from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Caersws railway station is a railway station on the Cambrian Line in mid-Wales, serving the village of Caersws. It is notable that there is a distance of 22 miles between this station and Machynlleth, the longest distance between stations in Wales.
The notable Welsh romantic poet John Ceiriog Hughes was employed as a station master and Manager of the Van Railway at Caersws railway station from 1868 until his death in 1887.
From 1871 to 1940 the Van Railway terminated at Caersws. The station was built by the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway of the Cambrian Railways in the 1890s. Originally there was a passing loop, a goods shed, a water tower and a ticket office and a signal box - the latter remained in use until March 2011 as a gate box to supervise the station level crossing.
In February 2013, Caersws station won the "Wales’ Best Unstaffed Train Station" award, supported by Keep Wales Tidy.
There is a basic two-hourly service in each direction Mon-Sat, with some additional services in the morning and evening (most of which run between Shrewsbury and Aberystwyth only). Sundays also run every two hours, though there is only a limited service (one in winter, three in summer) along the Cambrian Coast line to Pwllheli.
Bilingual sign at Caersws station in the early 2000s
Caersws station in the early 2000s
Caersws station in the mid-2000s
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