Van Railway

The former track bed.
A 1912 Railway Clearing House map showing railways in Central Wales, including the Van Railway (upper right)

The Van Railway was a standard gauge railway in mid Wales. The line was built in 1871 to link the highly productive lead mines at Van, near Llanidloes to the main Cambrian line at Caersws. The mines closed in 1920, but the railway remained open until 1940.