| 词条 | Bassaleg Junction railway station |
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|name = Bassaleg Junction |image_name = Bassaleg Junction Station 1769026 46feab79.jpg |caption = Station in 1962. |locale = Bassaleg |borough = Newport |original = Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company |pregroup = Great Western Railway |postgroup = Great Western Railway |platforms = 2 |coordinates = {{coord|51.579|-3.038|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}} |gridref = ST281872 |years = {{Start date|1850|12|21|df=yes}} |events = Opens |years1 = 1 September 1898 |events1 = Closed to goods |years2 = 1 January 1917 |events2 = Closed |years3 = 1 March 1919 |events3 = Reopened |years4 = 30 April 1962 |events4 = Closed }} Bassaleg Junction was a railway station which served the village of Bassaleg, Monmouthshire.{{sfn|Conolly|2004|loc=p. 43, section A3}} HistoryThe station was opened by the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company on 21/23 December 1850.{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=29}}{{sfn|Quick|2009|p=75}} It appeared in timetables as "Rhymney Junction" before changing to "Bassaleg Junction" in 1858.{{sfn|Quick|2009|p=75}} At times, the station was sometimes referred to in Bradshaw as "Rhymney Junction for Bassaleg and Machen" and at times spelt as "Bassalleg".{{sfn|Quick|2009|p=76}} The line was worked by the Great Western Railway from 1 August 1875 and it later took over the Monmouthshire Railway with effect from 1 August 1880.{{sfn|Awdry|1990|p=36}} The station closed to goods traffic on 1 September 1898.{{sfn|Clinker|1988|p=10}} The station closed as a wartime measure between 1 January 1917 and 1 March 1919.{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=29}}{{sfn|Quick|2009|p=75}} It closed on 30 April 1962,{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=29}}{{sfn|Quick|2009|p=75}} leaving the line to remain open for goods traffic. {{Historical Rail Start}}{{Rail line two to one|next={{rws|Newport Dock Street}}Line partly open, station closed |col={{GWR colour}}|previous1={{rws|Rogerstone}} Line and station open |route1=Great Western Railway Monmouthshire Railway and Canal |previous2={{rws|Bassaleg}} Line open, station closed |route2=Great Western Railway Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway }}{{Rail line|next={{rws|Newport Courtybella}} Line partly open, station closed|previous={{rws|Rogerstone}} Line and station open |route=Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company|col={{GWR colour}} }}{{s-end}} Present dayTrains on the Ebbw Valley Railway pass along the old line, which was upgraded to deal with the new traffic after its use as a freight line for defunct Ebbw Vale steel works for several years.[1] The site has housed large 4 self built houses since around 1989.{{cn|date=June 2013}} The old lantern room, used by railway workers to lunch, has recently been renovated by the current owners of the house on whose land it sits.[2] The building has been painted the old Great Western Railway colours (light stone and dark stone) and a historic replica railway sign reading 'Pye Corner' is visible from the road, named after the street address and road junction.[2] A station named {{rws|Pye Corner}} opened close to the site of Bassaleg Junction in 2014.[3][4] ReferencesNotes1. ^ {{cite web | url = http://www.caerphilly.gov.uk/application.aspx?s=dCjcUdHODKXIKyGC3iMwJXcj+yQOq83GniVspV1B0oe2FZBBG5SOg7Bi/WLe+Q/WnnNfTsn+z8ZWJqMzRji1H7LwDkzksMw3 | title = Passenger services start on Ebbw Valley Railway | accessdate = 2013-06-04 | author = Caerphilly County Borough Council | authorlink = Caerphilly County Borough Council | date = 6 February 1998}} 2. ^1 {{cite web|last=Roberts|first=Tom|title=About Us - Lantern Room Renovation|url=http://www.purepens.co.uk/acatalog/About-Us.html|publisher=Pure Pens|accessdate=8 May 2012}} 3. ^ {{cite news | title = Pye Corner, Newport, railway station secured with grant | date = 16 May 2013 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-22550481 | work = BBC News Online | accessdate = 2013-06-04}} 4. ^{{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
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