Blaenavon Low Level railway station

Blaenavon Low Level railway station was the northern terminus of the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company line from Pontypool to Blaenavon in Monmouthshire, Wales.

Blaenavon Low Level station in 1965, three years after closure

History

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Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
 
  to Brynmawr
 
Nantyglo
 
Coalbrookvale Iron Works
 
Blaina
Beaufort Iron Works
 
 
Bournville (Mon) Halt
Ebbw Vale (Low Level)
 
 
Abertillery
Ebbw Vale Town
 
 
 
Cwmtillery Colliery
Tyllwyn Halt
 
 
Six Bells Halt
 
 
 
Blaenavon Low Level
Ebbw Vale Parkway
 
 
 
Cwmavon (Mon) Halt
Waunllwyd Colliery
 
 
 
Cwmffrwd Halt
Cwm
 
 
 
 
Abersychan Low Level
 
 
 
Snatchwood Halt
Aberbeeg
 
 
Pontnewynydd
Llanhilleth
 
 
 
Llanhilleth Middle Jn
 
 
Pontypool Crane Street
to Aberdare and Neath  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Crumlin Low Level
 
 
Blaendare Road Halt
Celynen North Halt
 
 
Panteg and Griffithstown
Newbridge
 
 
Sebastopol
Celynen South Halt
 
 
Pontrhydyrun
Abercarn
 
 
Pontrhydyrun Halt
Abercarn Colliery
 
 
 
Upper Pontnewydd
Chapel Bridge
 
 
 
Cwmcarn
 
 
Cwmbran
Cwmcarn Colliery
 
 
 
Llantarnam
Crosskeys
 
 
Marshes Turnpike Gate
 
 
 
Newport Mill Street
Risca
 
 
 
 
Tynycwm Halt
 
 
 
Newport High Street
Rogerstone
 
 
 
Newport Dock Street
Pye Corner
 
 
 
 
Bassaleg Junction
 
 
 
Newport Courtybella
 
 
 
 
 
 
to Machen 
 
 

The station opened as Blaenavon on 2 October 1854, along with the rest of the line from Blaenavon to Pontypool. Low Level was added to its name on 19 July 1950 The GWR "lower line", which ran along the valley floor to Blaenavon Low Level, closed on 30 April 1962,[1] a year before the Beeching I report. A number of passenger lines in Monmouthshire were closed around this time due to falling passenger numbers.[2]

Today

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Nothing visible remains of the station; the site has been used for housing.

References

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  1. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 83. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ^ "Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company". Welsh Railways Research Circle. Retrieved 22 November 2014.

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