Abercarn railway station

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Abercarn
Location
Place Abercarn
Area Caerphilly
Grid reference ST213951
Operations
Original company Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 2
History
21 December 1850 (1850-12-21) Opened
7 December 1959 Closed to goods
30 April 1962 Closed to passengers
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Abercarn railway station served the village of Abercarn, in the county of Monmouthshire.[1]

History

The station was opened by the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company on 21 December 1850.[2][3] It was resited following a deviation of the line in c. 1867.[3] It became part of the Great Western Railway on 1 August 1880 when the Monmouthshire Railway was taken over having been leased to the Great Western from 1 August 1875.[4] Passing on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was closed to passengers by the British Transport Commission on 30 April 1962, having already closed to goods traffic on 7 December 1959.[2][3][5]


Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Celynen South Halt
Line open, station closed
  Great Western Railway
Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
  Chapel Bridge
Line open, station closed

The site today

Trains on the reopened Ebbw Valley Railway pass the site between Cross Keys and Newbridge stations. There is no station at Abercarn now, although the site was one of those considered at the project's planning stage.[6]

References

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External links

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  1. Conolly 2004, p. 43, section B3.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Butt 1995, p. 11.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Quick 2009, p. 52.
  4. Awdry 1990, p. 36.
  5. Clinker 1988, p. 1.
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