Pandy railway station

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Pandy
General information
Location Pandy, Monmouthshire
Wales
Coordinates 51°54′03″N2°57′54″W / 51.9008°N 2.9651°W / 51.9008; -2.9651
Grid reference SO33702292
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
2 January 1854 (1854-01-02)Opened
9 June 1958 (1958-06-09)Closed [1]

Pandy railway station was a railway station which served the Monmouthshire village of Pandy. It was located on the Welsh Marches Line between Hereford and Abergavenny.

On 25 March 1855 shortly after leaving Pandy, a stoker on a train, Evan Jones aged 18 went round the engine to lubricate some of the mechanism when his leg hit an iron girder of a bridge. [2] He fell and the wheels passed over his right arm. He was transported to Hereford Infirmary where his arm was amputated but he died two days later [3]

The station, comprising a booking office, a cloakroom and the station-master's house, was destroyed by fire in 1904. [4]

The station closed in 1958.

The Owen Sheers novel Resistance used Pandy railway station as a location.

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References

  1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 331. OCLC   931112387.
  2. "Accident at Pandy on 25 March 1855 :: The Railways Archive". railwaysarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  3. "Fatal Railway Accident" . Worcester Journal. England. 31 March 1855. Retrieved 19 August 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Alarming Fire at Pandy". Evening Express. 24 August 1904. hdl: 10107/4144782 via Welsh Newspapers.

Further reading

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Pontrilas
Line open, station closed
  Great Western Railway
Welsh Marches line
  Llanvihangel
Line open, station closed