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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Cwmcarn Railway Station

Cwmcarn railway station served the village of Cwmcarn, Monmouthshire from 1855 to 1962 on the Ebbw Valley Railway. Passenger services through site resumed in 2008 using a single line although there are plans to restore the double track.

History

The station opened in May 1855 by the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company. It closed on 1 July 1876, but reopened as Cwmcarn on 2 March 1925, before closing permanently on 30 April 1962.

References

  1. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 119. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 146. OCLC 931112387.
  3. ^ "Cwmcarn railway station (site)". Geograph. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Abercarn
Line open, station closed
  Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
Ebbw Valley Railway
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