Aber Bargoed railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Aber Bargoed


caption =
locale = Aberbargoed
borough = Monmouthshire
line = Brecon & Merthyr Junction Railway
manager = Great Western Railway
owner = Great Western Railway
platforms = 1
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
years = March 16 1866
events = Station opens
years1 = October 1869
events1 = Station closes
years2 = March 1870
events2 = Station reopens
years3 = September 1 1905
events3 = Station renamed Aber Bargoed and Bargoed
years4 = March 1 1909
events4 = Station renamed Bargoed and Aber Bargoed
years5 = July 1 1924
events5 = Station renamed Aberbargoed
years6 = December 1 1962
events6 = Station closes Aber Bargoed railway station was a small railway station in the Welsh valleys north of Cardiff. Opened as Aber Bargoed by the Brecon & Merthyr Junction Railway the station went through several changes of name before closure. Despite the similarity in the name it is not the Bargoed station now open on the line to Rhymney.

History

The station was incorporated into the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923, Passing on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today

The site is now partly an open space, and partly the route of the Bargoed Bypass road.

References

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1
*cite book|author=A. Jowett, |title= Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas |publisher=Atlantic Publishing |year=2000 ISBN 0 906899 99 0

External links

* [http://www.welshicons.org.uk/html/aberbargoed.php Station Build]
* [http://angel-way-the-bargoed-by-pass.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html The reclaimed Site ]