Aberbeeg railway station

Aberbeeg
General information
Location	Aberbeeg, Blaenau Gwent Wales
Grid reference	SO209018
Platforms	4
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
21 December 1850 (1850-12-21)	Opened
30 April 1962	Closed to passengers
28 November 1966	Closed to goods traffic

Aberbeeg railway station served the village of Aberbeeg in Monmouthshire, Wales. It was the junction where the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company's lines from Newport to Brynmawr and Ebbw Vale diverged. ^[1]

History

Opened by the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company on 21/23 December 1850, ^{[2] [3]} it became part of the Great Western Railway in 1880 ^[4] and remained there at the Grouping of 1923. ^[5] The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was closed to passengers by the British Transport Commission on 30 April 1962, ^{[2] [3]} remaining open for goods traffic until 28 November 1966. ^[6]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Cwm Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company		Llanhilleth Line and station open
Six Bells Halt Line and station closed

The site today

Trains on the reopened Ebbw Vale Line pass the site between Llanhilleth and Ebbw Vale Parkway stations, although the station has not been re-opened (the platforms are still intact but disused).

The mooted extension of the railway line to Abertillery would involve relaying the line from Aberbeeg that was lifted in the early 1990s. ^[7]

References

Notes

1. Conolly 2004, p. 43, section B2.
2. Butt 1995, p. 11.
3. Quick 2009, p. 52.
4. Awdry 1990, p. 36.
5. Awdry 1990, p. 13.
6. Clinker 1988, p. 1.
7. Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council (2008). "Ebbw Valley Railway - The Story so Far - Future Phases". Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2013.

Sources

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   1-8526-0049-7. OCLC   19514063. CN 8983.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Clinker, C.R. (1988) [1978]. Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1980 (2nd ed.). Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications & Services. ISBN   978-0-905466-91-0. OCLC   655703233.

• Conolly, W. Philip (2004) [1958]. British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer. Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan. ISBN   978-0-7110-0320-0.
• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN   978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC   612226077.

External links

• Archive of Ebbw Valley Railway Scheme website (Blaenau Gwent council, 2008)
• Aberbeeg station on navigable O.S. map
• Remains of the station in 1989 ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• Remains of the station in 2002 ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• Train passing the site of the station in 2008 ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

Coordinates: 51°42′34″N3°08′40″W / 51.70942°N 3.14452°W / 51.70942; -3.14452