Cwm railway station

51°44′30″N 3°10′56″W / 51.7417°N 3.1822°W / 51.7417; -3.1822Grid referenceSO184055Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyMonmouthshire Railway and Canal CompanyPre-groupingGreat Western RailwayPost-groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates19 April 1852 (1852-04-19)Opened30 April 1962Closed to passengers4 November 1963Closed to goods traffic

Cwm railway station served the village of Cwm in Monmouthshire, Wales.^[1]

History

The station was originally opened by the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company on 19 April 1852.^[2][3] It became part of the Great Western Railway in 1880^[4] and remained there at the Grouping of 1923.^[5] The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was closed to passengers by the British Transport Commission on 30 April 1962,^[2][3] remaining open for goods traffic until 4 November 1963.^[6]

Present day

A new station on the Ebbw Valley Railway, which would serve the community of Cwm, South Wales has been proposed.^[7] Planning permission has not yet been granted, and the station was not included in the first stage of the line reopening plan, which created a passenger service between Cardiff Central and Ebbw Vale Parkway in 2008.^[8]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Victoria (Blaenau Gwent) Line and station open		Great Western Railway Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company		Aberbeeg Line open, station closed
	Future services
Ebbw Vale Parkway		Transport for Wales Ebbw Valley Railway		Llanhilleth

See also

• South Wales Metro
• Transport for Wales
• Proposed railway stations in Wales

References

Notes

Sources

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
• 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.
• Clinker, C. R. (1988) [1978]. Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1980 (2nd ed.). Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications & Services. ISBN 978-0-905466-91-0. OCLC 655703233.

• Conolly, W. Philip (2004) [1958]. British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer. Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0320-0.
• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

External links

• Proposals for Cwm station
• Archive of Ebbw Valley Railway Scheme website (Blaenau Gwent council, 2008)