Abersychan Low Level railway station

Abersychan Low Level
Location
Place	Abersychan
Area	Torfaen
Operations
Original company	Monmouthshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
2 October 1854	Station opens as Abersychan
14 May 1885	Station renamed Abersychan Low Level
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

Abersychan Low Level railway station served the centre 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. Along with a number of other lines in South Wales it was then closed by the British Transport Commission in April 1962 and was therefore not, as is often remembered locally, a victim of the "Beeching Axe" which did not happen until eighteen months later. At the time of closure the station had an approximately hourly service in each direction.

The site today

The site is now a residential development behind the Rising Sun public house.

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

• Position on 1940s map [1]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Snatchwood		Great Western Railway Monmouthshire Railway		Cwmffrwd Halt