Bedwellty Pits Halt railway station

Bedwellty Pits Halt railway station was a station on the Sirhowy Railway. It was initially spelled Bedwelty, then known as Bedwellty Pits, and finally Bedwellty Pits Halt. It consisted of 2 wooden platforms to serve the workforce of the local colliery, which is 2 miles south of Tredegar in the Sirhowy Valley.

Bedwellty Pits Halt railway station
Former railway track and site of station, Bedwellty Pits
General information
LocationTredegar, Blaenau Gwent
Wales
Coordinates51°44′46″N 3°13′20″W / 51.7462°N 3.2223°W / 51.7462; -3.2223
Grid referenceSO157059
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companySirhowy Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1866[1]Station opened
13 June 1960Station closed

History

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Bedwellty Pits Colliery was opened in 1850, and was served by sidings connected to the Sirhowy Railway. The station was opened in 1866 by the Sirhowy Railway after the conversion of the Sirhowy Tramroad to a standard gauge railway.[2] It was closed to passenger traffic on 13 June 1960.

Present day

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The route now forms part of National Cycle Route 467; there are no remains of the station at the site.

Notes

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  1. ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 72
  2. ^ Awdry 1990, p. 103

References

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  • Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. CN 8983.
  • Tasker, W.W. (1986). The Merthyr, Tredegar & Abergavenny Railway and branches. Poole: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-86093-339-7.
  • Tasker, W.W. (1992) [1978]. Railways in the Sirhowy Valley. Oxford: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-415-6.
  • Hall, Mike (2009). Lost Railways of South Wales. Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN 978-1-84674-172-2.
  • Hurst, Geoffrey (1991). Register of Closed Railways 1948–1991. Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-947796-18-5.

Route

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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Tredegar   London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Sirhowy Railway
  Pochin Pits Colliery Platform