Sirhowy railway station
Sirhowy railway station | |
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Location | Sirhowy, Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent Wales |
Coordinates | 51°46′50″N 3°14′38″W / 51.7805°N 3.2440°WCoordinates: 51°46′50″N 3°14′38″W / 51.7805°N 3.2440°W |
Grid reference | SO142097 |
Platforms | 2 |
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 |
4 November 1963 | Station and line closed to goods |
Sirhowy railway station was a station on the Sirhowy Railway. It served Sirhowy near the of Tredegar.
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] It was closed to passenger traffic on 13 June 1960. The line from Sirhowy to Tredegar continued in operation for goods traffic until closure on 4 November 1963.
Present day[]
The route has been reused by the modern A4048 road; there are no remains of the station at the site.
Notes[]
- ^ Awdry 1990, p. 103
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 | ||
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Nantybwch | London, Midland and Scottish Railway Sirhowy Railway |
Tredegar |
Categories:
- Former London and North Western Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1865
- 1865 establishments in Wales
- Disused railway stations in Blaenau Gwent
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1960
- 1960 disestablishments in Wales