Tredegar railway station

Tredegar railway station
General information
Location	Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent Wales
Coordinates	51°46′02″N3°14′27″W / 51.7673°N 3.2409°W / 51.7673; -3.2409
Grid reference	SO144083
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Sirhowy Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
19 June 1865	Station opened
13 June 1960	Station closed to passengers
Location

Tredegar railway station was a station on the Sirhowy Railway. It served the town of Tredegar. The station was near the southern edge of Bedwellty Park.

History

The station was opened on 19 June 1865 by the Sirhowy Railway after the conversion of the Sirhowy Tramroad to a standard gauge railway. ^[1]

The line south from Tredegar closed to goods traffic on 30 April 1969, ^[2]

Accidents

On 17 December 1902 a fatal accident occurred when a train from Tredegar to Nantybwch with 9 loaded coal wagons and a brake van was stopped on the incline of 1 in 42 near Nantybwch. The driver uncoupled the engine for adjustments; on recoupling he backed the engine on to the wagons, setting them in motion back down the hill until they reached Tredegar, about 1½ miles distant, where a disastrous collision occurred. ^[3]

Present day

The route has been reused by the modern A4048 road;

Notes

1. Awdry 1990 , p. 103
2. Hurst (1991), p. 59, note 2622.
3. Accident report at railwaysarchive.co.uk

References

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. CN 8983.
• Tasker, W.W. (1986). The Merthyr, Tredegar & Abergavenny Railway and branches. Poole: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN   978-0-86093-339-7.
• Tasker, W.W. (1992) [1978]. Railways in the Sirhowy Valley. Oxford: Oakwood Press. ISBN   0-85361-415-6.
• Hall, Mike (2009). Lost Railways of South Wales. Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN   978-1-84674-172-2.
• Hurst, Geoffrey (1991). Register of Closed Railways 1948–1991 . Milepost Publications. ISBN   0-947796-18-5.

Route

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Sirhowy		London, Midland and Scottish Railway Sirhowy Railway		Bedwellty Pits Halt