Between 1860 and 1864 the Cambrian Railway extended railway services in the area and took over the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway. A new line connected Llanidloes with Brecon down the Wye valley and a line West through the mountains to the coast was planned. (See the page on Llangurig in 1866). This never got further than Llangurig though.

The Cambrian Railway built a fine new station at Llanidloes as the Headquarters of these operations. There was a goods warehouse for the storing of goods to be sent by rail, and a cattle shed for the livestock.
Another railway connected the lead mines at Van to the station at Caersws
(see pages on Van lead mines).

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