Aberbran railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Aberbran


caption =
locale = Aberbran
borough = Brecknockshire
line = Neath and Brecon Railway
manager = Midland Railway
owner = Great Western Railway
platforms = ?
latitude =
longitude =
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years = June 1 1867
events = Station opens
years1 = October 15 1962
events1 = Station closes Aberbran railway station served the village of Aberbran in the traditional county of Brecknockshire, Wales.

History

Opened by the Neath and Brecon Railway Railway, it became part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

The site today

The site is now a touring caravan park.

External links

* Campsite volunteer co-ordinator given framed ticket [http://www.cc-welsh-division.co.uk/news.htm]

*Caravan Club page on site now [http://www.caravanclub.co.uk/Planning+Your+trip/UK+Trips/Site+Search+and+Book/Club+Sites/Site+Detail.htm?csid=ABERBRAN]

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

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