Abersychan Low Level railway station

Abersychan Low Level railway station served the centre of Abersychan village in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire.[1] It was located near the junction of the A4043 and the B4246 at the eastern end of the village.

Abersychan Low Level
LocationAbersychan, Torfaen
Wales
Grid referenceSO270033
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMonmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
2 October 1854 (1854-10-02)Opens as "Abersychan"
14 May 1885Renamed
30 April 1962Station closes

History

The station was opened as "Abersychan" by the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company on 2 October 1854.[2][3] It was renamed "Abersychan Low Level" on 14 May 1885;[2][3] this came not long after the opening of Abersychan and Talywain by the London and North Western Railway on its joint line with the Monmouthshire Railway between Pontnewynydd Junction and Varteg Colliery which opened in 1879.[4] By this time the Monmouthshire was for most practical purposes part of the Great Western Railway, which had worked it from August 1875 and eventually took it over with effect from 1 August 1880.[5][6]

The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. At a time of withdrawal of services on a number of other lines in South Wales, the station was closed to passengers by the British Transport Commission on 30 April 1962 and to goods in May 1962.[7][2][3] At the time of closure the station had an approximately hourly service in each direction.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Cwmffrwd Halt
Line and station closed		   Great Western Railway
Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company		   Snatchwood Halt
Line and station closed

The site today

The site is now a residential development behind the Rising Sun public house.

References

Notes
  1. Conolly 2004, p. 43, section A2.
  2. Butt 1995, p. 12.
  3. Quick 2009, p. 53.
  4. Cobb 2006, p. 140.
  5. Awdry 1990, p. 36.
  6. MacDermot & Clinker 1972, p. 64.
  7. Clinker 1988, p. 2.

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. (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.
  • 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.
  • Cobb, M.H. (2006) [2003]. The Railways of Great Britain: A Historical Atlas. 1. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7110-3236-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Conolly, W. Philip (2004) [1958]. British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer. Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0320-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • MacDermot, E.T.; Clinker, C.R. (1972) [1927]. History of the Great Western Railway, volume II 1863-1921. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0412-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

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