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==Transport== The B4350 runs through the town and the B4351 links it with the main A438 from [[Brecon]] to [[Hereford]], on the far side of the River Wye.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hay-on-wye.co.uk/tourism/find|title=Where is Hay-on-Wye?|publisher=Hay-on-Wye Tourist Bureau |access-date=13 June 2022}}</ref> The town has a [[Hay-on-Wye Bridge|road/pedestrian bridge]] spanning the [[River Wye]] linking [[Clyro]] with Hay-on-Wye.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=English β Coflein - Hay-on-Wye |url=https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/43066/images/ |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=coflein.gov.uk}}</ref> [[File:Hay-on-Wye station (postcard).jpg|alt=Hay-on-Wye railway station|thumb|150x150px|Hay-on-Wye railway station]] The town was formerly served by train services at [[Hay-on-Wye railway station]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Facebook - Hay Railway Station |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10234453057774188&set=pcb.7840690669369920 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=www.facebook.com}}</ref> on the [[Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway|Hereford, Hay and Brecon line.]] On a stormy night in 1880, a goods train on the way to Brecon was derailed and destroyed a 3-arch masonry bridge. The train fell into Digeddi Brook at Little Ffordd Fawr, near Llanigon. The driver George Parker died, and his stoker John Williams had life changing injuries.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Facebook - 17th June 1880, Hay to Brecon goods train derailed at Little Ffordd Fawr near Llanigon. |url=https://www.facebook.com/TalgarthHistory/photos/a.825771070849209/1765233056903001/?type=3&locale=ms_MY&_rdr |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=ms-my.facebook.com |language=ms}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Poole |first=Edwin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1gQVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA2 |title=The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day |date=1886 |publisher= |pages=212, 213, 215 |language=en}}</ref> The line closed in 1962, due to the line's commercial underperformance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glasburyhistoricalsociety.co.uk/transportrailway.htm|title=Railways - Horse and Steam|work=Glasbury Historical Society|access-date=9 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Transport Rail |url=http://www.glasburyhistoricalsociety.co.uk/transportrailway.htm |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=www.glasburyhistoricalsociety.co.uk}}</ref>
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