Railway Operations
The headquarters of the Cambrian Railways was at Oswestry railway station (Welsh: Croesoswallt). The building still stands today, although detached from the railway lines, and was in use for commercial purposes until 2004. After restoration in 2005, this building was reopened as the Cambrian Visitor Centre in June 2006; but on 11 January 2008 closed due to the terms of the lease not being settled. It has since reopened and, amongst other things, is now (2009) being used as the headquarters for the newly-formed Cambrian Heritage Railways restoration project.
The largest station premises on the line were at Aberystwyth (part of which has been restored and reopened as a J D Wetherspoon in the mid-2000s).
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