Cwmbran railway station (Great Western Railway)

Cwmbran railway station was a station in the old village of Cwmbran in Torfaen (now known as Old Cwmbran) in South Wales, UK.[1]

Cwmbran
Location
PlaceOld Cwmbran
AreaTorfaen
Grid referenceST294948
Operations
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Platforms2
History
11 March 1880 (1880-03-11)Opened
30 April 1962Closed to passengers
17 May 1965Closed to all traffic
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

History

The station was opened on 11 March 1880 by the Great Western Railway as a replacement for the first Cwmbran station on the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal.[2][3] This followed the Great Western's acquisition of the Monmouthshire Railway whose "Eastern Valley" line continued southward from Cwmbran Junction alongside the Monmouthshire Canal to Newport.[4]

The station was on a line opened by the Great Western in 1878 to connect the Monmouthshire Railway with the Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway at Llantarnam Junction.[5] The Pontypool line, which opened in September 1874, had been built to relieve the congested Monmouthshire Railway and was absorbed by the Great Western in December 1874.[6] The line became the primary route for passenger traffic until the Monmouthshire between Pontypool and Newport closed in 1980.

The site adjacent to Victoria Street is now a car park and a doctor's surgery.[7] The present Cwmbran railway station was opened in 1986 on the opposite side of the town centre on the Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport line, which remains open as part of the Welsh Marches Line.[2][3][5]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Upper Pontnewydd
Line and station closed
  Great Western Railway
Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway
  Llantarnam
Line open, station closed
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References

Notes

  1. Conolly 2004, p. 43, section A3.
  2. Quick 2009, p. 142.
  3. Butt 1995, p. 75.
  4. Awdry 1990, p. 36.
  5. Cobb 2006, p. 141.
  6. Awdry 1990, p. 40.
  7. Jelf 2012.

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)
  • Jelf, Brian JJ (4 December 2012). "NOW AND THEN: Cwmbran railway station". South Wales Argus website. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 10 February 2015.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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