Abergavenny railway station

Abergavenny Welsh: Y Fenni
Abergavenny station (April 2023)
General information
Location	Abergavenny, Monmouthshire Wales
Coordinates	51°49′03″N3°00′32″W / 51.81745°N 3.00902°W / 51.81745; -3.00902
Grid reference	SO305136
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	AGV
Classification	DfT category D
Key dates
2 January 1854	Station opens
19 July 1950	Renamed Abergavenny Monmouth Road
6 May 1968	Renamed Abergavenny
Passengers
2019/20	0.415 million
Penpergwm Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway		Abergavenny Junction Line open, station closed

References

1. Cadw. "Abergavenny Railway Station, including down platform building and footbridge (2472)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
2. "Abergavenny railway station". transportheritage.com. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
3. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Newman, John (2000). The Buildings of Wales. Gwent/Monmouthshire. Yale University Press. p. 105. ISBN   0300096305.
4. MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. I: 1833–1863. Paddington: Great Western Railway. pp. 543, 553.
5. Abergavenny station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 10 April 2017
6. "LOOK: New design for long-awaited railway station footbridge revealed". South Wales Argus. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
7. "Abergavenny station footbridge refurbishment completed: Residents and passengers thanked". Network Rail Media Centre. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
8. Butler, Ben (21 March 2024). "Construction work underway at stations". www.insidermedia.com. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
9. "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
10. GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 131

External links

• Train times and station information for Abergavenny railway station from National Rail
• 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.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.