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Links Page - Other organisations of interest to rail users in Mid Wales.Please note that inclusion on SARPA's website does not mean we endorse or support the organisation its aims, policies or practices. Nor is it meant to be an exhaustive list. If planning to visit any of the venues or places listed here, it is your responsibility to check whether the rail service is suitable for your needs
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| Rail Related Sites Local & Government Organisations Venues & Places of Interest |
 A link we'd all like to see on a daily basis; cross platform interchange at Dovey Junction between Coast Line trains and Aberystwyth services. In this picture, Class 4 Mogul, 76079 does the business with a special on 27th July 2009. |
| Arriva Trains Wales | www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk | Official website of Cambrian Line Operator |
| National Rail Enquiries | www.nationalrail.co.uk | Use this site to plan your journey |
| Passenger Focus | www.passengerfocus.org.uk | The new UK Rail Passengers' watchdog |
| ACORP | www.acorp.uk.com | A UK-wide association of community rail partnerships |
| Network Rail | www.networkrail.co.uk/ | Owner & Operator of Britain's Railway Infrastructure |
| British Transport Police | www.btp.police.uk/ | The National Police Force for the Railways |
| Rail Future/ Railway Development Society |
www.railfuture.org.uk | Independent Campaign Group for Rail Improvments |
| Department for Transport (DfT) | www.dft.gov.uk/ | Link to Rail Page of the UK Goverment Transport Department |
| Campaign for Better Transport | www.bettertransport.org.uk | Organisation formerly known as Transport 2000 |
| Cambrian Rail Partnership | www.thecambrianline.co.uk | Gives details for days out using the Aberystwyth line |
| Carno Station Action Group | www.carnostation.org.uk | The Campaign to Reopen Carno Station |
| The Man in Seat 61 | www.seat61.com | Comprehensive site for rail journeys to Europe & beyond |
| Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway | www.wllr.org.uk | Steam Trains from Welshpool through the foothills of Wales. |
| Cambrian Railways Society | www.cambrian-railways-soc.co.uk | Oswestry Rail Centre & Museum. |
| Vale of Rheidol Railway | www.rheidolrailway.co.uk | Narrow gauge steam trains from Aberystwyth to Devil's Bridge |
| Centro | www.centro.org.uk | Local train & bus information for the West Midlands |
| London Midland | www.londonmidland.com | Train operator for services around the Midland Counties |
| Virgin Trains | www.virgintrains.co.uk | Operator of West Coast Main Line and also Cross Country routes. |
| Chiltern Railways | www.chilternrailways.co.uk | Operator of alternative route from London to Birmingham. |
| 5AT Project | www.5at.co.uk | Project to build a modernised steam locomotive for the 21st Century |
| Martyn Bane's Steam Pages | www.martynbane.co.uk | Site with much information about modern steam traction. |
| Camden Books | www.camdenmin.co.uk | Bookseller with amazing selection of technical & railway publications. |
| The Ultimate Steam Page | www.trainweb.org/tusp/ | Wide ranging steam traction website. |
| Severn Valley Railway | www.svr.co.uk | Home of much heritage steam traction from the Cambrian lines. |
| Christian Wolmar | http://christianwolmar.co.uk/articles | Archive of articles on this rail commentator's website |
| North Wales Coast Railway Homepage | www.nwrail.org.uk/ | Railfans' and Travellers Guide to North Wales Coast Line |
| Wrexham & Shropshire Railways | www.wrexhamandshropshire.co.uk | Quality provider for services from Wrexham to Marylebone |
| Loco Performance | http://www.locoperformance.co.uk/ | An insight into Cambrian performance in steam days |
Local and Government Organisations
| Powys County Council | www.powys.gov.uk/ | Local Authority for Welshpool, Newtown, Caersws, Machynlleth |
| Aberystwyth | http://www.aberystwythguide.org.uk | A good independent site about Aberystwyth |
| Ceredigion | www.ceredigion.gov.uk | Local Authority for Aberystwyth & Borth |
| Shopshire Council | www.shropshire.gov.uk | Local Authority for Shropshire |
| Powys Tourist Board | www.tourism.powys.gov.uk | Tourist information for Mid Wales. |
| Welsh Assembly | www.wales.gov.uk | Homepage for Welsh Assembly Website |
| Travel West Midlands | www.travelwm.co.uk | More Bus information for the Birmingham area. |
| Welshpool Partnership | www.welshpool.org | Community development organisation for Welshpool. |
| Ecodyfi Partnership | www.ecodyfi.org.uk | Local regeneration organisation for the Dyfi Valley in Mid Wales. |
| Birmingham City Council | www.birmingham.gov.uk | Local Authority for Birmingham. |
| Department for Transport | www.dft.gov.uk | Homepage of Department for Transport, roads and all! |
| Aberystwyth Arts Centre | www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk | Main arts venue in Aberystwyth. |
| Tabernacle Arts Centre, Machynlleth | www.momawales.org.uk | Dynamic arts venue based in Machynlleth |
| Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) | www.cat.org.uk | Solutions to serious environmental challenges. |
| Theatr Hafren | www.theatrhafren.co.uk | Theatre for Mid Wales in Newtown |
| Old Market Hall | www.oldmarkethall.co.uk | Cinema & digital media centre in Shrewsbury. |
| Angus Eickhoff | http://anguseickhoff.co.uk | The compiler of this site doing his day job! |
| The Bull Ring | www.bullring.co.uk | Glamorous new shopping centre in Birmingham. |
| Ikon Gallery | www.ikon-gallery.co.uk | Leading contemporary art gallery in central Birmingham. |
| Midland Arts Centre | www.macarts.co.uk/ | Extensive Arts Centre in Canon Hill Park, Birmingham. |
| Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery | www.bmag.org.uk/ | Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery homepage. |
| Museum of the Jewellery Quarter | www.bmag.org.uk/index.php | Museum dedicated to a key Brimingham industry. |
| Black Country Living Museum | www.bclm.co.uk | Open air museum of Black Country life. |
| Ironbridge Gorge Museum | www.ironbridge.org.uk | Open air museum of the industrial revolution |
| Thinktank | www.thinktank.ac/ | Birmingham's new science museum. |
| Barber Intstitue of Fine Arts | www.barber.org.uk | Art gallery adjacent to Birmingham University. |
| Powis Castle, National Trust | www.nationaltrust.org.uk | National Trust Property with celebrated gardens at Welshpool. |
| Mid-Wales.net | http://mid-wales.net | Local & economical webhosting. |
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