Abertysswg railway station

Abertysswg
General information
Location	Abertysswg, Caerphilly Wales
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1905	Station opens
14 April 1930	Station closes

Abertysswg railway station was a station which served Abertysswg, in the Welsh county of Glamorgan. It was served by trains on the line from Pengam (Mon) to Rhymney Lower & Pontlottyn.

History

Opened by the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Railway it became part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. It was then closed seven years later after the track was severed by a major landslip south of the station and was considered uneconomic to restore.

"Below Abertysswg coal production had been taking place ... but the restlessness of the steep hillside towering above, the Moving Mountain, brought great unease to those within its vicinity. The mountain had moved five times since 1903 sending thousands of tons of rock to the valley floor below but it was in April 1930 that the greatest damage was done. It was then, on the twelfth of the month, that a vast avalanche of rock fell from the face of the mountain, overwhelming and ruining the offices and buildings of the New Tredegar Colliery. A further avalanche followed smashing the main road from Abertysswg to New Tredegar and demolishing the railway line thereby completely cutting off communication from Abertysswg to Bedwellty. The colliery was never used again and the road and railway never reconstructed despite many appeals for a road link to be re-opened."

The site today

The station would now be located just below the junction of Station Road and Westville.

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Station on navigable O.S. map

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Rhymney Lower & Pontlottyn Line and station closed		Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway Rumney Railway		McLaren Colliery Halt Line and station closed