Aberbeeg railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Aberbeeg


caption =
locale = Aberbeeg
borough = Monmouthshire
line = Monmouthshire Railway
manager = Great Western Railway
owner = Great Western Railway
platforms = ?
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
years = December 21 1850
events = Station opens
years1 = April 30 1962
events1 = Station closes Aberbeeg railway station served the village of Aberbeeg in Monmouthshire. It was the junction where the lines from Newport to Brecon and Ebbw Vale divided.

History

Opened by the Monmouthshire 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

Trains on the reopened Ebbw Vale Line pass the site between Llanhilleth and Ebbw Vale Parkway stations, although there is no station at Aberbeeg now.The mooted extension of the railway line to Abertillery would involve relaying the line from Aberbeeg. [http://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/ebbwvalleyrailway/Project%20Information/future%20phases.htm Official Ebbw Valley Railway Scheme Website] accessed 1st May 2007]

External links

* [http://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/ebbwvalleyrailway/ Official Ebbw Valley Railway Scheme Website]

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

*Remains of the station 1989 [http://disused-rlys.fotopic.net/p26647812.html]

*Remains of the station 2002 [http://disused-rlys.fotopic.net/p26647814.html]

*Train passing the site of the station 2008 [http://philtpics.fotopic.net/p49157639.html]