Dowlais Top (LNWR) railway station

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Dowlais Top (LNWR)
General information
Location Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil
Wales
Coordinates 51°46′02″N3°20′05″W / 51.767148°N 3.334595°W / 51.767148; -3.334595
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Key dates
1 October 1862 (1862-10-01)Opened
11 May 1885Closed

Dowlais Top (LNWR) railway station served the village of Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales from 1862 to 1885 on the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway. The station consisted of two platforms with services to both Brecon and Newport. The station closed in 1885 and was replaced by Dowlais High Street. The site now occupied by an industrial estate and trackbed forms part of a one way lane for the Heads of the Valley Road. The old station building has survived as an office.

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References

    Preceding station Disused railways Following station
    Dowlais (High Street)
    Line and station closed
      London and North Western Railway
    Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway
      Rhymney Bridge
    Line and station closed