Abercarn railway station

Abercarn
General information
Location	Abercarn, Caerphilly Wales
Grid reference	ST213951
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
21 December 1850 (1850-12-21)	Opened
7 December 1959	Closed to goods
30 April 1962	Closed to passengers

Abercarn railway station served the village of Abercarn, in the county of Monmouthshire.[1]

History

The station was opened by the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company on 21 December 1850.[2][3] It was resited following a deviation of the line in c. 1867.[3] It became part of the Great Western Railway on 1 August 1880 when the Monmouthshire Railway was taken over having been leased to the Great Western from 1 August 1875.[4] Passing on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was closed to passengers by the British Transport Commission on 30 April 1962, having already closed to goods traffic on 7 December 1959.[2][3][5]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Celynen South Halt Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company		Chapel Bridge Line open, station closed

The site today

Trains on the reopened Ebbw Valley Railway pass the site between Cross Keys and Newbridge stations. There is no station at Abercarn now, although the site was one of those considered at the project's planning stage.[6]

References

Notes

1. Conolly 2004, p. 43, section B3.
2. Butt 1995, p. 11.
3. Quick 2009, p. 52.
4. Awdry 1990, p. 36.
5. Clinker 1988, p. 1.
6. "The line's Website". Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2011.

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. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
• 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.
• Monmouthshire XXII.SE (includes: Aber Carn; Mynyddislwyn.) (Map). 10,560. Ordnance Survey. 1902. (Map showing the location of Abercarn railway station)
• 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.

External links

• Abercarn station on a navigable historical map

51.6503°N 3.1377°W / 51.6503; -3.1377