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SH8204 : Former station, Cemmaes RoadSH8204 : Cemmes Road goods shedSH8204 : Cemmes Road railway station (site), Powys

Cemmaes or Cemmes?

This former station on the Cambrian (later Great Western) Railway used the Anglicised spelling Cemmes Road during the whole of its period of operation, though the customary spelling of the village of Cemmaes has now reverted to the original Welsh form. The subsidiary settlement which grew up around the station and the road junction is also now called Cemmaes Road in English usage although the name Glantwymyn (named from the small Afon Twymyn, literally "Fever River", which flows into Afon Dyfi nearby) is used in Welsh.

Because of topography, especially in hilly districts, railway stations were sometimes forced to be sited some distance from the principal centresof population they served. One way of showing this was to add "Road2 as a suffix to the station name, warning travellers that they might face a considerable walk or ride to reach their eventual destination after alighting from the train. The Great Western was particularly fond of this practice though other railway companies also sometimes followed it, for example the London & North Western Railway at Llanbister Road and at Builth Road where it had a joint station with the Cambrian. Further Great Western examples in Wales include Clarbeston Road, Derwydd Road and Maentwrog Road, and in Cornwall there are Bodmin Road (now Parkway), Grampound Road and Gwinear Road.