Bedwellty Pits Halt railway station

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Bedwellty Pits Halt railway station
Former railway track, Bedwellty Pits (geograph 3678756).jpg
Former railway track and site of station, Bedwellty Pits
General information
Location Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent
Wales
Coordinates 51°44′46″N3°13′20″W / 51.7462°N 3.2223°W / 51.7462; -3.2223 Coordinates: 51°44′46″N3°13′20″W / 51.7462°N 3.2223°W / 51.7462; -3.2223
Grid reference SO157059
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Sirhowy Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1866 [1] Station opened
13 June 1960Station closed

Bedwellty Pits Halt railway station was a station on the Sirhowy Railway. It was initially spelled Bedwelty, then known as Bedwellty Pits, and finally Bedwellty Pits Halt. It consisted of 2 wooden platforms to serve the workforce of the local colliery, which is 2 miles south of Tredegar in the Sirhowy Valley.

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History

Bedwellty Pits Colliery was opened in 1850, and was served by sidings connected to the Sirhowy Railway. The station was opened in 1866 by the Sirhowy Railway after the conversion of the Sirhowy Tramroad to a standard gauge railway. [2] It was closed to passenger traffic on 13 June 1960.

Present day

The route now forms part of National Cycle Route 467; there are no remains of the station at the site.

Notes

  1. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 72
  2. Awdry 1990 , p. 103

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References

Route

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Tredegar   London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Sirhowy Railway
  Pochin Pits Colliery Platform