Newport Dock Street railway station

Newport Dock Street
The site of the station in 2015
General information
Location	Newport, Newport Wales
Platforms	?
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
4 August 1852 (1852-08-04)	Opened
1 August 1880	Closed to passengers
1960s	Closed to goods
Location

Newport Dock Street railway station was one of three stations in central Newport, Monmouthshire. ^[1]

History

The station was opened on 4 August 1852 as the terminus of Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company's Western Valleys line to Blaina and Ebbw Vale. ^{[2] [3]} The line itself had opened on 21 December 1850 with a temporary terminus at Courtybella. ^[4]

By May 1855 the Western Valley line was connected to the Eastern Valley line at Mill Street station, ^[5] although Dock Street station continued to act as a terminus.^{[ citation needed ]}

By January 1879 a connection was made from Park Junction to Gaer Junction just west of the Hillfield Tunnels on the South Wales Main Line. ^[6] On 12 May 1880, all Western Valley trains were diverted via this new chord to High Street station. ^[3] London and North Western Railway services from the Sirhowy branch followed on 1 June 1880. ^[3] The station then closed to passengers. ^{[3] [2]} The line between Dock Street and Pill Bank Junction remained open for goods traffic until 1991. ^[7]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Bassaleg Junction Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company		Terminus

References

Notes

1. Conolly 2004, p. 43, section A3.
2. Butt 1995, p. 170.
3. Quick 2009, p. 290.
4. MacDermot & Clinker 1972, pp. 60–61.
5. MacDermot & Clinker 1972, p. 61.
6. MacDermot & Clinker 1972, p. 65.
7. Cobb 2006, p. 116.

Sources

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies . Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   1-8526-0049-7. OCLC   19514063. CN 8983.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Clinker, C. R. (1988) [1978]. Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1980 (2nd ed.). Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications & Services. ISBN   978-0-905466-91-0. OCLC   655703233.
• Cobb, M.H. (2006) [2003]. The Railways of Great Britain: A Historical Atlas. Vol. 1. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing Ltd. ISBN   978-0-7110-3236-1.
• Conolly, W. Philip (2004) [1958]. British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer. Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan. ISBN   978-0-7110-0320-0.
• MacDermot, E.T.; Clinker, C.R. (1972) [1927]. History of the Great Western Railway, volume II 1863-1921. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN   0-7110-0412-9.
• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN   978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC   612226077.

See also

• Railway stations in Newport

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