| 词条 | Rhymney Bridge railway station |
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|name = Rhymney Bridge |image_name= Rhymney Bridge station, 1951 (geograph 5190942).jpg |caption = Rhymney Bridge station, 1951 |locale = Llechrhyd |borough = Caerphilly |original = Nantybwch and Rhymney Joint |pregroup = London and North Western Railway and Rhymney Railway |postgroup = London, Midland and Scottish Railway and Great Western Railway |platforms = 3 |coordinates = {{coord|51.7778|-3.2987|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}} |gridref = SO104095 |years = {{Start date|1871|10|02|df=yes}} |events = Opened for Rhymney Railway services |years1 = 1 January 1873 |events1 = Start of L&NWR services |years2 = 21 September 1953 |events2 = Withdrawal of Rhymney services |years3 = 22 November 1954 |events3 = Withdrawal of goods facilities |years4 = {{end date|1958|01|06|df=y}} |events4 = Final closure }} Rhymney Bridge railway station was a station on the London and North Western Railway's Heads of the Valleys line serving the village of Llechrhyd in the Welsh county of Glamorganshire.{{sfnp|Conolly|2004|loc=p. 8, section A5}} HistoryThe first section of the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway from Abergavenny to {{rws|Brynmawr}} was opened on 29 September 1862.{{sfnp|Tasker|1986|p=18}} The line was leased and operated by the London and North Western Railway (L&NWR) which acquired the smaller railway company on 30 June 1866.{{sfnp|Awdry|1990|p=93}}{{sfnp|Hall|2009|p=63}} On 1 March 1864, the line was extended from Brynmawr to {{rws|Nantybwch}}.{{sfnp|Tasker|1986|p=21}} A further {{convert|3|mi|km|adj=on}} extension to Rhymney Bridge through to {{rws|Rhymney}} was jointly constructed by the L&NWR and the Rhymney Railway; the section to Rhymney Bridge was double-track whilst the Rhymney portion was single-track.{{sfnp|Tasker|1986|p=21}} The joint line came into operation on 5 September 1871 when the junction was opened; the L&NWR had running powers over the Rhymney's line to Cardiff Docks.{{sfnp|Tasker|1986|p=21}} The station, which was at first known as Rumney Bridge,{{sfnp|Quick|2009|p=330}} opened to Rhymney services on 2 October 1871 and to L&NWR services on 1 January 1873.{{sfnp|Quick|2009|p=330}}{{sfnp|Butt|1995|p=197}} It took its name from the bridge over the River Rhymney which was situated a short distance to the south-east; the nearest settlement was the village of Llechrhyd.{{sfnp|Edge|2002|loc=fig. XX}} The station had three platform faces{{sfnp|Edge|2002|loc=fig. 98}} and, as with the junction at Nantybwch, the signal box stood in the "V" of an island platform.{{sfnp|Edge|2002|loc=fig. 94}} The two platforms serving the Abergavenny and Merthyr line had no passenger accommodation, although a brick station building stood on the Merthyr platform.{{sfnp|Edge|2002|loc=figs. 95 and 98}} This structure has been described as "resembling a peasant's dwelling from the bleak wastes of northern China".{{sfnp|Hall|2009|p=67}} Rhymney Bridge itself was situated in a desolate location, with scant protection from the inclement weather provided by a weather-boarded footbridge linking the platforms.{{sfnp|Edge|2002|loc=figs. 94 and 95}} The Rhymney branch platform was situated at a lower level to the main line platforms and was skirted by two goods loops which were useful for slow-moving goods trains.{{sfnp|Edge|2002|loc=figs. 94 and 96}} As a result of decline in the local industry and the costs of working the line between Abergavenny and Merthyr,{{sfnp|Hall|2009|p=68}} passenger services ended on 4 January 1958.{{sfnp|Tasker|1986|p=139}} Services on the Rhymney branch had ceased on 23 September 1953{{sfnp|Edge|2002|loc=fig. 96}}{{sfnp|Page|1988|p=155}} and goods facilities were withdrawn from Rhymney Bridge on 22 November 1954.{{sfnp|Clinker|1988|p=115}} The last public service over the Merthyr line was an SLS railtour on 5 January 1958 hauled by GWR 6959 No. 7912 Little Linford Hall and L&NWR Coal Tank No. 58926.{{sfnp|Tasker|1986|p=139}}{{sfnp|Edge|2002|loc=fig. 65}} At Rhymney Bridge, a laurel wreath was placed on the smokebox door of No. 58926.{{sfnp|Hall|2009|p=68}}{{sfnp|Tasker|1986|p=140}} Official closure came on 6 January.{{sfnp|Quick|2009|p=386}}{{sfnp|Clinker|1988|p=137}}{{sfnp|Butt|1995|p=234}} {{Disused Rail Start}}{{Rail line|next={{rws|Nantybwch}}Line and station closed|previous=Dowlais Top Line and station closed|route=London and North Western Railway Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway |col={{LNWR colour}} }}{{Rail line|next={{rws|Rhymney}} Line closed, station open|previous=|route=London and North Western Railway and Rhymney Railway Nantybwch and Rhymney Joint Line |col={{LNWR colour}} }}{{end}} PresentThe site of the station has been lost under the A465 road.{{sfnp|Edge|2002|loc=fig. 98}}{{sfnp|Hall|2009|p=69}}{{sfnp|Tasker|1986|p=141}} The branch to Rhymney has been obliterated by the A469 road.{{sfnp|Edge|2002|loc=fig. 98}} ReferencesNotesSources
7 : Disused railway stations in Caerphilly County Borough|Former London and North Western Railway stations|Former Rhymney Railway stations|Railway stations opened in 1871|Railway stations closed in 1958|1871 establishments in Wales|1958 disestablishments in Wales |
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