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Knighton railway station serves the market town of Knighton in Powys, Wales, although the station itself is located in Shropshire, England (the boundary is immediately adjacent to the south side of the station). It lies south west of Shrewsbury (by railway line) on the Heart of Wales Line. The railway station is located below street level at Station Road beside the River Teme and about from the centre of the town. All trains serving the station are operated by Arriva Trains Wales, who also manage the station. ==History== The station was built in 1865, although the ''Knighton Railway'' route from Craven Arms had reached here four years previously. The present station dates from the opening of the ''Central Wales Railway'' to Llandrindod Wells. In 2004 the station was partially refurbished, with visual display units installed to display train departure times, and enhanced disabled access on the northbound platform. There are two platforms at the station today, although from 1964 until 1990 only a single line and platform (the current southbound one) was used. The long block section between Craven Arms and Llandrindod Wells was considered to be a capacity bottleneck (even on such a lightly used line) however and following the modernisation of the route signalling in 1986,〔(Central Wales Light Railway (Amendment) Order 1990 ) www.opsi.gov.uk; Retrieved 2009-03-02〕 an additional passing loop was installed here to provide extra capacity, with the disused second platform being refurbished and returned to use. The northbound loop (and platform) was out of action for more than two years but was put back into use by Network Rail in September 2010 following the replacement of the old automatic points with new electrically-worked ones. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Knighton railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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