Newtown (Powys) railway station
Newtown 
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| Welsh: Y Drenewydd | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Newtown |
| Local authority | Powys |
| Coordinates | 52°30′44″N 3°18′43″W / 52.5122°N 3.3119°WCoordinates: 52°30′44″N 3°18′43″W / 52.5122°N 3.3119°W |
| Grid reference | SO111913 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | NWT |
| 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 |
 126,158 |
| 2012/13 |
 123,578 |
| 2013/14 |
123,918 |
| 2014/15 |
130,306 |
| 2015/16 |
147,938 |
| History | |
| Original company | Oswestry and Newtown Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Cambrian Railways |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Newtown from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Newtown railway station (Welsh: Y Drenewydd) is a railway station serving Newtown in Powys, Wales.
Newtown was the last major station before Moat Lane Junction where the Mid-Wales Railway, to Llanidloes, Rhayader, Builth Road and on to Cardiff (with a branch to Brecon), diverged from the Cambrian Railways main line (today's Cambrian Line) to Machynlleth and Aberystwyth.
The station was the eastern terminus of the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway opened by the Countess of Londonderry at Machynlleth station on 3 January 1863. It was also originally served by the (now mostly defunct) Llanidloes and Newtown Railway (opened in 1859 and initially isolated from the rest of the Welsh railway system) and the Oswestry and Newtown Railway (opened in 1861). All were subsequently subsumed into the Cambrian by 1865.
The station currently has two through platforms, which are used separately for trains in either direction. The station is usually used as one of the passing points for trains on the Cambrian Line as it is a single track. The station has one west facing bay platform/siding which is periodically used as a storage point for Network Rail's Departmental trains.
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