- Abercarn railway station
Infobox UK disused station
name = Abercarn
caption =
locale =Abercarn
borough =Monmouthshire
line =Monmouthshire Railway
manager =
owner =Great Western Railway
platforms = ?
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
years =21 December 1850
events = Station opens
years1 =30 April 1962
events1 = Station closedAbercarn railway station served the village of
Abercarn , in the county ofMonmouthshire inWales . Opened by theMonmouthshire Railway , it became part of theGreat Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to theWestern Region of British Railways onnationalisation in 1948, it was closed by theBritish Transport Commission .The site today
Trains on the reopened
Ebbw Valley Line pass the site between Cross Keys and Newbridge stations. There is no station at Abercarn now, although the site was one of those considered at the project's planning stage. [http://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/ebbwvalleyrailway/Project%20Information/route%20development.htm]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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