Abersychan Low Level railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Abersychan Low Level


caption =
locale = Wales
borough = Monmouthshire
line = Monmouthshire Railway
owner = Great Western Railway
platforms = 2
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
years = 2 October 1854
events = Station opens as Abersychan
years1 = 14 May 1885
events1 = Station renamed Abersychan Low Level
years2 = 30 April 1962
events2 = Station closes Abersychan Low Level railway station served the west of Abersychan village in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire. It was located near the junction of the A4043 and the B4246 at the eastern end of the village.

History

Opened by the Monmouthshire Railway, it became part of the Great Western Railway 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 residential development behind the Rising Sun public house.

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

*Position on 1940's map [http://www.svrsig.org/gwmap/Map1940s.htm#32702034%201]