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Abercarn railway station

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History
The site today
References
Notes Sources
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|name = Abercarn
|image_name =
|caption =
|locale = Abercarn
|borough = Caerphilly
|original = Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
|pregroup = Great Western Railway
|postgroup = Great Western Railway
|platforms = 2
|gridref = ST213951
|years = {{Start date|1850|12|21|df=yes}}
|events = Opened
|years2 = 30 April 1962
|events2 = Closed to passengers
|years1 = 7 December 1959
|events1 = Closed to goods
}}

Abercarn railway station served the village of Abercarn, in the county of Monmouthshire.{{sfn|Conolly|2004|loc=p. 43, section B3}}

History

The station was opened by the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company on 21 December 1850.{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=11}}{{sfn|Quick|2009|p=52}} It was resited following a deviation of the line in {{circa|1867}}.{{sfn|Quick|2009|p=52}} 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.{{sfn|Awdry|1990|p=36}} 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.{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=11}}{{sfn|Quick|2009|p=52}}{{sfn|Clinker|1988|p=1}}

{{Historical Rail Start}}{{Rail line|previous={{rws|Celynen South Halt}}
Line open, station closed |next={{rws|Chapel Bridge}}
Line open, station closed |route=Great Western Railway
Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company |col={{GWR colour}} }}{{s-end}}

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.^[1]

References

Notes

1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/ebbwvalleyrailway/Project%20Information/route%20development.htm | title=The line's Website | accessdate=22 June 2011| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110612143242/http://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/ebbwvalleyrailway/Project%20Information/route%20development.htm| archivedate= 12 June 2011}}

Sources

{{Awdry-RailCo}}
{{Butt-Stations}}
{{Clinker-Stations|year=1988}}
{{Cite book|last1=Conolly|first1=W. Philip|title = British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer|year=2004|origyear=1958|publisher=Ian Allan|location=Hersham, Surrey|isbn=978-0-7110-0320-0|ref=harv}}
{{Quick-Stations}}

External links

Abercarn station on navigable O. S. map

{{coord|51.65030|-3.13702|type:railwaystation_region:GB_source:npemap.org.uk-enwiki|display=title}}

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