Groesfaen Colliery Platform railway station
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Groesfaen Colliery Platform | |
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General information | |
Location | Bargoed, Caerphilly Wales |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
1926[1][2] | Opened |
31 December 1962 | Closed |
Groesfaen Colliery Platform railway station served the workers at Groesfaen Colliery near the town of Bargoed, Caerphilly, Wales on the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway. The site of the platform does not appear on OS maps and the station was only for workers at the nearby colliery.[citation needed] Nothing remains of the platform or colliery and the station site has since been reused by the A469.
The station was considered for closure before formulation of the Beeching cuts report The Reshaping of British Railways, and was closed before the publication of that report in March 1963.[3]
References
Footnotes
- ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick
- ^ Private and Untimetabled Railway Stations by G.Croughton page 82
- ^ British Railways Board & Beeching 1963, pp. 134–135.
Sources
- British Railways Board; Beeching, Richard (March 1963). Reshaping of British Railways (Report). HMSO. OCLC 752711120.
- "BR - Fochriw to Groesfaen Colliery Platform railway ticket". PicClick UK.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1 November 2003). "Groesfaen Colliery Platform". Brecon to Newport including the Dowlais Central Branch. Country Railway Routes. Middleton Press. ISBN 9781904474166. OCLC 828666902. 76.
- "Pantywaun Mineral Railway, nr Fochriw/Merthyr, S. Wales - 05/08". Derelict Places.[failed verification]
External links
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Darran and Deri Line and station closed |
Great Western Railway | Bargoed Line closed,station open |
51°41′44″N 3°14′57″W / 51.6955°N 3.2491°W
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