Blaenavon Low Level railway station

Blaenavon Low Level station in 1965, three years after closure

Blaenavon Low Level railway station was the northern terminus of the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company line from Pontypool to Blaenavon in Monmouthshire, Wales.

History

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Legend
to Brynmawr Nantyglo Coalbrookvale Iron Works Blaina Beaufort Iron Works Bournville (Mon) Halt Ebbw Vale (Low Level) Abertillery Ebbw Vale Town Cwmtillery Colliery Tyllwyn Halt Six Bells Halt Ebbw Vale Steelworks Blaenavon Low Level Ebbw Vale Parkway Cwmavon (Mon) Halt Waunllwyd Colliery Cwmffrwd Halt Cwm Abersychan Low Level Snatchwood Halt Aberbeeg Pontnewynydd Llanhilleth Brynmawr & Blaenavon Rly to Brynmawr Llanhilleth Middle Jn Pontypool Crane Street to Aberdare and Neath Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway to Pontypool Road Crumlin Low Level Blaendare Road Halt Celynen North Halt Panteg and Griffithstown Newbridge Sebastopol Celynen South Halt Pontrhydyrun Abercarn Pontrhydyrun Halt Abercarn Colliery Upper Pontnewydd Chapel Bridge Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway Cwmcarn Cwmbran (MR&C) Cwmcarn Colliery Llantarnam(MR&C) Crosskeys Marshes Turnpike Gate Sirhowy Railway Newport Mill Street Risca South Wales Main Line to Gloucester and Bristol Tynycwm Halt Newport High Street Rogerstone Newport Dock Street Pye Corner Newport Docks Bassaleg Junction Newport Courtybella Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway to Machen     South Wales Main Line to Cardiff Central

The station opened as Blaenavon on 2 October 1854, along with the rest of the line from Blaenavon to Pontypool. Low Level was added to its name on 19 July 1950 The GWR "lower line", which ran along the valley floor to Blaenavon Low Level, closed on 30 April 1962, ^[1] a year before the Beeching I report. A number of passenger lines in Monmouthshire were closed around this time due to falling passenger numbers. ^[2]

Today

Nothing visible remains of the station; the site has been used for housing.

References

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 83. OCLC   931112387.
2. "Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company". Welsh Railways Research Circle. Retrieved 22 November 2014.

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