page_title: Llanyblodwel
section_title: Railways
hierarchical_section_title: Llanyblodwel / Railways
caption_attribution_description: English: Blodwell Junction Station. View WSW, towards Llangynog on Tanat Valley Railway from Oswestry. In the distance on the left the mineral line, coming from Nantmawr behind the camera, branches left to Llanymynech. The TVR lost its passenger traffic on 15/1/51 and goods from 6/1/64 (1/7/52 west of Llanraiadr), the other line never carried passengers. The line from Oswestry (also east from Gobowen) to here had been mothballed by Network Rail in 1988 and in 2008 was acquired by the Cambrian Railways Society.
context_page_description: Llanyblodwel is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England; the spelling "Llanyblodwell" was commonly used in the past, and the village was sometimes simply referred to as "Blodwel". The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 767. It lies 7 miles west of the nearest town, Oswestry, in the valley of the River Tanat. Simon Jenkins, in his guide to English churches says of Llanyblodwel that "the Welsh Marches are seldom so lovely as where the River Tanat crosses the border through the steep wooded valleys west of Oswestry."
  The parish had a population of 817 at the time of the 2001 census. It was formerly in the Llanyblodwel and Pant ward of the borough of Oswestry. The village is located in a scenic rural area, with attractive views of the Welsh hills across the border. There were formerly several limestone quarries around Llanyblodwel, and limited quarrying still takes place.
context_section_description: Despite its remote rural location, the village was once served by a railway station (Llanyblodwell Halt) on the Tanat Valley Railway, and the Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway also ran through the area, serving Blodwel Junction station a mile east of the village. Part of the line was still used for quarry trains until 1988, and sections are currently in the process of being restored as a heritage railway.
  The Cambrian Heritage Railway based in Oswestry applied for a Transport & Works Act Order for transfer of NR's residual rights to itself and this was granted on 28 February 2017. This permits the CHR to reopen the route from Gobowen to Blodwel Quarry subject to level crossings of the A5 and A483 being replaced by a tunnel and overbridge respectively.
caption: Blodwell Junction Station in 1962
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