Bournville (Mon) Halt railway station

Not to be confused with the similarly named station in Birmingham.

Bournville (Mon)
Station remains in 1966.
Location	Ty'r-Cecil nr Blaina, Blaenau Gwent Wales
Coordinates	51°45′00″N3°09′24″W / 51.7501°N 3.1566°W / 51.7501; -3.1566 Coordinates: 51°45′00″N3°09′24″W / 51.7501°N 3.1566°W / 51.7501; -3.1566
Grid reference	SO202063
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
July 1897 (1897-07)	Opened as Tylers Arms Platform
30 October 1933	Renamed Bournville (Mon)
5 October 1942	Became a halt
30 April 1962	Closed
5 July 1976	Line closed

Bournville (Mon) Halt railway station was a station which served Ty'r-Cecil near Blaina Abertillery in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire. ^[1]

History

The halt was opened by the Great Western Railway in July 1897 as an untimetabled station known as Tylers Arms Platform for the use of miners. ^{[2] [3] [4]} The name was taken from the public house situated just to the north.^{[ citation needed ]} It was on the Great Western's 6-mile (9.7-kilometre) branch from Aberbeeg to Nantyglo which had first opened as a tramroad in 1824 by the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company before being converted to a railway in 1855. ^[5] It became part of the Great Western Railway in 1880 ^[6] and remained there at the Grouping of 1923. ^[7]

The station was situated to the east of South Griffith Colliery and just to the west of a Baptist Chapel; it is known to have been in use by miners on 3 June 1915. ^[8] The colliery was served by a series of sidings which were in use between c. 1885 and c. 1937. ^[8] The single-platform halt, which was 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Abertillery, backed on to houses in Bournville Road. ^[9] It was opened to the public and renamed Bournville (Mon) on 30 October 1933, with the suffix halt being added by 5 October 1942. ^{[3] [10]} Passenger services were withdrawn from the station on 30 April 1962. ^{[11] [10] [3] [12]} The line through the station was singled in 1964. ^[13] Official closure of the section between Blaina and Rose Heyworth Colliery including Bournville came on 5 July 1976. ^[14]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Blaina Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company		Abertillery Line and station closed

Present

The A467 road follows the course of the former line through Bournville.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

Notes

1. Conolly (2004), p. 8, section A4.
2. Croughton, Kidner & Young (1982), p. 136.
3. Quick (2009), p. 94.
4. Butt (1995), p. 236.
5. Page (1988), pp. 141-142.
6. Awdry (1990), p. 36.
7. Awdry (1990), p. 13.
8. Mitchell & Smith (2006), fig. XXV.
9. Mitchell & Smith (2006), fig. 78.
10. Butt (1995), p. 40.
11. Clinker (1988), p. 16.
12. Hall (2009), p. 52.
13. Mitchell & Smith (2006), fig. 79.
14. Hurst (1991), p. 69, note 3054.

Sources

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• Croughton, Godfrey; Kidner, R.W.; Young, Alan (1982). Private and Untimetabled Railway Stations: Halts and Stopping Places. Trowbridge: The Oakwood Press. ISBN   0-85361-281-1.
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• Hurst, Geoffrey (1991). Register of Closed Railways 1948–1991 . Milepost Publications. ISBN   0-947796-18-5.
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