Abersychan Low Level railway station

Abersychan Low Level
General information
Location	Abersychan, Torfaen Wales
Grid reference	SO270033
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
2 October 1854 (1854-10-02)	Opens as "Abersychan"
14 May 1885	Renamed
30 April 1962	Station closes
Location

Abersychan Low Level railway station served the town of Abersychan in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire. ^[1] It was located near the junction of the A4043 and the B4246 at the eastern end of the town.

History

The station was opened as "Abersychan" by the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company on 2 October 1854. ^{[2] [3]} It was renamed "Abersychan Low Level" on 14 May 1885; ^{[2] [3]} this came not long after the opening of Abersychan and Talywain by the London and North Western Railway on its joint line with the Monmouthshire Railway between Pontnewynydd Junction and Varteg Colliery which opened in 1879. ^[4] By this time the Monmouthshire was for most practical purposes part of the Great Western Railway, which had worked it from August 1875 and eventually took it over with effect from 1 August 1880. ^{[5] [6]}

The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. At a time of withdrawal of services on a number of other lines in South Wales, the station was closed to passengers by the British Transport Commission on 30 April 1962 and to goods in May 1962. ^{[7] [2] [3]} At the time of closure the station had an approximately hourly service in each direction.^{[ citation needed ]}

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Cwmffrwd Halt Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company		Snatchwood Halt Line and station closed

The site today

The site is now a residential development behind the Rising Sun public house.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

Notes

1. Conolly 2004, p. 43, section A2.
2. Butt 1995, p. 12.
3. Quick 2009, p. 53.
4. Cobb 2006, p. 140.
5. Awdry 1990, p. 36.
6. MacDermot & Clinker 1972, p. 64.
7. Clinker 1988, p. 2.

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.
• Cobb, M.H. (2006) [2003]. The Railways of Great Britain: A Historical Atlas. Vol. 1. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing Ltd. ISBN   978-0-7110-3236-1.
• Conolly, W. Philip (2004) [1958]. British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer. Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan. ISBN   978-0-7110-0320-0.
• MacDermot, E.T.; Clinker, C.R. (1972) [1927]. History of the Great Western Railway, volume II 1863-1921. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN   0-7110-0412-9.
• 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

• Position on 1940s map
• Station on a navigable 1947 O.S. map

51°43′27.9″N3°3′29.7″W / 51.724417°N 3.058250°W / 51.724417; -3.058250