Aberbeeg railway station

Aberbeeg
Location
Place	Aberbeeg
Area	Blaenau Gwent
Operations
Original company	Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	?
History
21 December 1850	Station opens
30 April 1962	Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Aberbeeg railway station served the village of Aberbeeg in Monmouthshire. It was the junction where the lines from Newport to Brynmawr and Ebbw Vale divided.

History

Opened by the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company, 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 in 1962 and was therefore closed prior to the Beeching Axe.

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.

External links

• Official Ebbw Valley Railway Scheme Website

References

• R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd.  ISBN 1-85260-508-1

• A. Jowett, (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing.  ISBN 0-906899-99-0
• Aberbeeg station on navigable O. S. map

• Remains of the station 1989 [1]

• Remains of the station 2002 [2]

• Train passing the site of the station 2008 [3]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Llanhilleth		Great Western Railway Monmouthshire Railway		Six Bells
				Marine Colliery Halt