Machynlleth railway station
Machynlleth 
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| Location | |
| Place | Machynlleth |
| Local authority | Powys |
| Coordinates | 52°35′42″N 3°51′18″W / 52.595°N 3.855°WCoordinates: 52°35′42″N 3°51′18″W / 52.595°N 3.855°W |
| Grid reference | SH744013 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | MCN |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 132,206 |
| 2012/13 |
 130,358 |
| 2013/14 |
119,636 |
| 2014/15 |
120,802 |
| 2015/16 |
133,228 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Machynlleth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Machynlleth railway station is a railway station on the Cambrian Line in mid-Wales, serving the historic town of Machynlleth. It was built by the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway (N&MR), and subsequently passed into the ownership of the Cambrian Railways, the Great Western Railway, British Railways (Western Region) and British Railways (London Midland Region). It is notable that there is a distance of 22 miles between this station and Caersws, the longest distance between stations in Wales.
The first railway station in Machynlleth was the narrow gauge Corris Railway, which opened its station building on the north side of the main-line goods yard in 1859. This was later made accessible from the mainline station by a flight of steps from the standard gauge platform. Waggish porters were known to call out "Platform 14 for Corris" when greeting arriving passengers.
The existing mainline station dates from 1863 with the opening of the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway. The following year the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway opened the line as far as Aberystwyth via Dovey Junction, and in 1867 the line was extended from Barmouth to Pwllheli via Porthmadog (then Portmadoc). In 1868 the station and lines were absorbed into the Cambrian Railways. The Cambrian Railways were absorbed by the Great Western Railway on 1 January 1922 as a result of the Railways Act 1921, and became part of British Railways in 1948.
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