The 30 miles long block section between Craven Arms and Llandrindod Wells was considered to be a capacity bottleneck (even on such a lightly used line) however and following the modernisation of the route signalling in 1986, Central Wales Light Railway (Amendment) Order 1990 www.opsi.gov.uk; Retrieved 2009-03-02 an additional passing loop was installed here to provide extra capacity, with the disused second platform being refurbished and returned to use by British Rail.