Penpergwm railway station

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Penpergwm
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A northbound train passes the site of the former station in 2006
General information
Location Penpergwm, Monmouthshire
Wales
Coordinates 51°47′05″N2°58′45″W / 51.7846°N 2.9793°W / 51.7846; -2.9793
Grid reference SO325100
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 1854Opened
9 June 1958Closed

Penpergwm railway station was a former station which served the Monmouthshire, Wales, village of Penpergwm, although the community adjacent to the station was very small [1] and it could equally be said to have served the larger village of Llangattock Nigh Usk (Llangatwg Dyffryn Wysg in Welsh) which lay less than 12 mile (0.8 km) away to the east. It was located on the Welsh Marches Line between Pontypool (formerly Pontypool Road) and Abergavenny.

Contents

The former station house is now a private residence. [2]

The station closed in 1958. [3] [4] The double line remains in use and carries a regular service of trains between Cardiff, Newport and Hereford.

Accidents

The station appears to have been the scene of a surprising number of accidents recorded in local newspapers:

References

  1. "OS Plan 1967-1971 1:2,500". old-maps.co.uk. Ordnance Survey . Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  2. "Road to Station House, Penpergwm". geograph.org.uk. Geograph Britain and Ireland . Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  3. Rogers, Mick. "70013 at Penpergwm". railwayherald.com. Railway Herald. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  4. Barrie, D.S.M. (31 March 1994). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: South Wales (2nd ed.). Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. p. 82. ISBN   978-0-946537-69-3.
  5. "Penpergwm". The Illustrated Usk Observer and Raglan Herald. 15 April 1865. hdl: 10107/3081515 via Welsh Newspapers.
  6. "Penpergwm". The Illustrated Usk Observer and Raglan Herald. 15 April 1865. hdl: 10107/3081515 via Welsh Newspapers.[ clarification needed ]
  7. "Railway Accident Near Abergavenny". South Wales Echo. 12 December 1890. hdl: 10107/4232789 via Welsh Newspapers.
  8. "Railway Fatality Near Abergavenny". South Wales Daily News. 9 January 1895. hdl: 10107/3733466 via Welsh Newspapers.
  9. "Fatal Accident at Penpergwm Station". South Wales Daily News. 5 September 1898. hdl: 10107/3740928 via Welsh Newspapers.
  10. "Penpergwm Tragedy". Abergavenny Chronicle. 4 May 1917. hdl: 10107/4122203 via Welsh Newspapers.

Further reading

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Abergavenny Monmouth Road   Great Western Railway
Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway
  Nantyderry
Line open, station closed