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Glascoed Halt railway station

Coordinates: 51°42′51″N 2°57′37″W / 51.714101°N 2.960173°W / 51.714101; -2.960173
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Glascoed Halt
General information
LocationGlascoed, Monmouthshire
Wales
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1927Opened
May 1955Closed

Glascoed Halt was a request stop on the former Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway. It was opened in 1927 to serve the village of Glascoed, Monmouthshire. It was closed in 1955 following the withdrawal of passenger services on the line.[1] It was located near a small overbridge bridge about 14 miles and 48 chains from Monmouth Troy. The halt consisted of a timber platform and GWR style pagoda.[2]

Twenty chains to the east on the down side a branch to the south led to the rather larger, three platform arrangement installed to serve workers at and visitors to ROF Glascoed. This branch also serviced a large rake of sidings that were only finally decommissioned in 1993 and raised some years later.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Usk   Great Western Railway
Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway
  Little Mill Junction

51°42′51″N 2°57′37″W / 51.714101°N 2.960173°W / 51.714101; -2.960173

References

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  1. ^ Stanley C Jenkins, The Ross, Monmouth and Pontypool Road Line, revised second edition 2009, ISBN 978-0-85361-692-4
  2. ^ Nicholson, Gawain. "The Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway". Retrieved 13 July 2013.