Trevil Halt railway station

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Trevil Halt
LocationTrefil, Blaenau Gwent
Wales
Coordinates51°47′46″N 3°14′16″W / 51.7962°N 3.2377°W / 51.7962; -3.2377Coordinates: 51°47′46″N 3°14′16″W / 51.7962°N 3.2377°W / 51.7962; -3.2377
Grid referenceSO147115
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMerthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 March 1864 (1864-03-01)Opened
c. 1932/3Becomes a halt
6 January 1958 (1958-01-06)Closed

Trevil Halt railway station was a station on the London and North Western Railway's Heads of the Valleys line serving the village of Trefil in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire.[1]

History[]

The first section of the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway from Abergavenny to Brynmawr was opened on 29 September 1862.[2] The line was leased and operated by the London and North Western Railway which acquired the smaller railway company on 30 June 1866.[3][4] On 1 March 1864, the line was extended from Brynmawr to Nantybwch.[5]

Trevil opened with the extension of the line on 1 March 1864.[6][7] The village had a long association with tramroads, the Trevil Rail Road having been established in May 1793 and operating from 1797.[8] The Sirhowy Tramroad ran southwards to Sirhowy Ironworks.[9] The Rassa Railroad ran from Trevil limestone quarries to the north-east, under the Merthyr and Abergavenny line, and to the Beaufort Ironworks.[9] Originally, constructed to 3 ft 4 in (1,016 mm), it was converted to 4 ft 2 in (1,270 mm) gauge to link with the Sirhowy Tramroad.[9][10] The works and five collieries comprising 57.5 miles (92.5 km) of private mineral lines were purchased by Richard Thomas & Co. in 1935.[8]

Trevil station was in an isolated location, situated just to the south of the Castle Inn.[9][10] It had two platforms, the main brick-built station building and house being situated on the Down platform.[11] No goods yard was provided but parcels were handled and private sidings were provided in connection with the Beaufort Ironworks which ran parallel with the Sirhowy Tramway.[12][13] These sidings lasted until May 1938.[11] At the same time, the station's signal box was replaced by a frame in the bay window of the station house in order to maintain the block post.[14][15] A few years earlier, in c. 1932–33, the station had been downgraded to a railway halt.[6]

As a result of decline in the local industry and the costs of working the line between Abergavenny and Merthyr,[16] passenger services ended on 4 January 1958.[17] The last public service over the line was an SLS railtour on 5 January 1958 hauled by LNWR 0-8-0 49121 and LNWR 0-6-2 tank 58926.[17][18] Official closure came on 6 January.[6][19][7]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Nantybwch
Line and station closed 		  London and North Western Railway
Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway
 		  Beaufort
Line and station closed

Present[]

The site of the station has been lost under the A465 road.[20]

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Conolly (2004), p. 8, section A4.
  2. ^ Tasker (1986), p. 18.
  3. ^ Awdry (1990), p. 93.
  4. ^ Hall (2009), p. 63.
  5. ^ Tasker (1986), p. 21.
  6. ^ a b c Quick (2009), p. 386.
  7. ^ a b Butt (1995), p. 234.
  8. ^ a b Edge (2002), fig. XVIII.
  9. ^ a b c d Edge (2002), fig. XVII.
  10. ^ a b Hall (2009), p. 65.
  11. ^ a b Edge (2002), fig. 81.
  12. ^ Edge (2002), figs. XVII and 81.
  13. ^ Clinker (1988), p. 175, note 3500.
  14. ^ Edge (2002), fig. 82.
  15. ^ Tasker (1986), p. 128.
  16. ^ Hall (2009), p. 68.
  17. ^ a b Tasker (1986), p. 139.
  18. ^ Edge (2002), fig. 65.
  19. ^ Clinker (1988), p. 137.
  20. ^ Page (1988), p. 155.

Sources[]

  • Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Clinker, C.R. (1988) [1978]. Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1980 (2nd ed.). Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications & Services. ISBN 978-0-905466-91-0. OCLC 655703233.
  • Conolly, W. Philip (2004) [1958]. British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer. Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0320-0.
  • Edge, David (September 2002). Abergavenny to Merthyr including the Ebbw Vale Branch. Country Railway Routes. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-901706-915.
  • Hall, Mike (2009). Lost Railways of South Wales. Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN 978-1-84674-172-2.
  • Page, James (1988) [1979]. South Wales. Forgotten Railways. Vol. 8. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-946537-44-5.
  • Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
  • Tasker, W.W. (1986). The Merthyr, Tredegar & Abergavenny Railway and branches. Poole: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-86093-339-7.
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