Maesteg Castle Street railway station

Maesteg Castle Street
The site of the station in 1994
General information
Location	Maesteg, Bridgend County Borough Wales
Coordinates	51°36′37″N3°39′27″W / 51.6103°N 3.6574°W / 51.6103; -3.6574
Grid reference	SS853914
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Key dates
25 February 1864 (1864-02-25)	Opened as Maesteg
1 July 1924	Name changed to Maesteg Castle Street
22 June 1970 (1970-06-22)	Closed
Location

Maesteg Castle Street railway station served the town of Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales from 1864 to 1970 on the Llynvi and Ogmore Railway.

History

The station opened as Maesteg on 25 February 1864 by the Great Western Railway. Its name was changed to Maesteg Castle Street on 1 July 1924. It closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 22 June 1970, having been listed for closure in Dr Beechings 1963,'The Reshaping of British Railways'. School services continued until 14 July 1970. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 269. OCLC   931112387.
2. "Maesteg Castle Street railway station (site), Bridgend, 1994". Geograph. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

British Railways Board (BRB), The Reshaping of British Railways: Part 1: Report (London, 1963), p.128: https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=13.

External links

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Troedyrhiew Garth Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Llynvi and Ogmore Railway		Nantyffyllon Line closed, station open