Tredegar railway station

Tredegar railway station
Location	Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent Wales
Coordinates	51°46′02″N 3°14′27″W / 51.7673°N 3.2409°W / 51.7673; -3.2409Coordinates: 51°46′02″N 3°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

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[]

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.

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