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Blaenavon Low Level railway station

Coordinates: 51°46′14″N 3°05′04″W / 51.7705°N 3.0845°W / 51.7705; -3.0845
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Blaenavon Low Level station in 1965, three years after closure

Blaenavon Low Level railway station was the northern terminus of the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company line from Pontypool to Blaenavon in Monmouthshire, Wales.

History

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Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
Nantyglo
Coalbrookvale Iron Works
Blaina
Beaufort Iron Works
Bournville (Mon) Halt
Ebbw Vale (Low Level)
Abertillery
Ebbw Vale Town
Cwmtillery Colliery
Tyllwyn Halt
Six Bells Halt
Blaenavon Low Level
Ebbw Vale Parkway
Cwmavon (Mon) Halt
Waunllwyd Colliery
Cwmffrwd Halt
Cwm
Abersychan Low Level
Snatchwood Halt
Aberbeeg
Pontnewynydd
Llanhilleth
Llanhilleth Middle Jn
Pontypool Crane Street
to Aberdare and Neath Left arrow
Crumlin Low Level
Blaendare Road Halt
Celynen North Halt
Panteg and Griffithstown
Newbridge
Sebastopol
Celynen South Halt
Pontrhydyrun
Abercarn
Pontrhydyrun Halt
Abercarn Colliery
Upper Pontnewydd
Chapel Bridge
Cwmcarn
Cwmbran
Cwmcarn Colliery
Llantarnam
Crosskeys
Marshes Turnpike Gate
Newport Mill Street
Risca
Tynycwm Halt
Newport High Street
Rogerstone
Newport Dock Street
Pye Corner
Bassaleg Junction
Newport Courtybella
to Machen 
 

The station opened as Blaenavon on 2 October 1854, along with the rest of the line from Blaenavon to Pontypool. Low Level was added to its name on 19 July 1950 The GWR "lower line", which ran along the valley floor to Blaenavon Low Level, closed on 30 April 1962,[1] a year before the Beeching I report. A number of passenger lines in Monmouthshire were closed around this time due to falling passenger numbers.[2]

Today

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Nothing visible remains of the station; the site has been used for housing.

References

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  1. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 83. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ^ "Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company". Welsh Railways Research Circle. Retrieved 22 November 2014.

51°46′14″N 3°05′04″W / 51.7705°N 3.0845°W / 51.7705; -3.0845