Sirhowy railway station | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Sirhowy, Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent |
Country: | Wales |
Coordinates: | 51.7805°N -3.244°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 2 |
Original: | Sirhowy Railway |
Pregroup: | London and North Western Railway |
Postgroup: | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Years: | 19 June 1865 |
Events: | Station opened |
Years1: | 13 June 1960 |
Events1: | Station closed to passengers |
Years2: | 4 November 1963 |
Events2: | Station and line closed to goods |
Sirhowy railway station was a station on the Sirhowy Railway. It served Sirhowy near the town of Tredegar.
The station was opened on 19 June 1865 by the Sirhowy Railway after the conversion of the Sirhowy Tramroad to a standard gauge railway. It was closed to passenger traffic on 13 June 1960. The line from Sirhowy to Tredegar continued in operation for goods traffic until closure on 4 November 1963.
The route has been reused by the modern A4048 road; there are no remains of the station at the site.
. Christopher Awdry . Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies . 1990 . Guild Publishing . London . CN 8983 .