Sebastopol railway station

Sebastopol
The site of the station in 2015
General information
Location	Sebastopol, Torfaen Wales
Grid reference	ST295980
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Key dates
28 May 1928 (1928-05-28)	Opened
30 April 1962	Closed

Sebastopol railway station was a railway station which served the village of Sebastopol near Pontypool in Torfaen, South Wales, UK.[1]

History

The station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 28 May 1928 on its line from Pontypool to Newport.[2][3] It closed on 30 April 1962.[2][3][4][5]

The island platform station lay to the south west of the extant Avondale Road overbridge, parallel to Railway Terrace.^[citation needed] There are no remains of the station today, but the trackbed has been redeveloped into a cyclepath as part of National Cycle Route 46.[6]

The station was the second to have served the area as the Great Western had opened an earlier station on its Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway in December 1875, which was initially known as Sebastopol but was later renamed "Panteg".[7][8] This station closed in July 1880 when it was replaced by Panteg and Griffithstown on the Monmouthshire Railway.[7][8][9]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Panteg and Griffithstown Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company		Pontrhydyrun Halt Line and station closed

References

Notes

1. Conolly 2004, p. 43, section A3.
2. Quick 2009, p. 346.
3. Butt 1995, p. 207.
4. Clinker 1988, p. 121.
5. Haworth, Brian (24 February 2012). "Upper Pontnewydd to Pontypool". Retrieved 1 June 2013.
6. Visit Blaenavon (2013). "Torfaen Leisure Route". Retrieved 1 June 2013.
7. Quick 2009, p. 304.
8. Butt 1995, p. 180.
9. Clinker 1988, pp. 106 and 170, note 2705.

Sources

• 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.
• 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

• Station on a navigable 1947 O.S. map

51.6758°N 3.02075°W / 51.6758; -3.02075