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Abergavenny Brecon Road railway station information


Abergavenny (Brecon Road)
Station site in 2011.
General information
LocationAbergavenny, Monmouthshire
Wales
Coordinates51°49′32″N 3°01′30″W / 51.8256°N 3.0251°W / 51.8256; -3.0251
Grid referenceSO294146
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMerthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1862 (1862-10-01)Opened
6 January 1958 (1958-01-06)Closed to passengers
5 April 1971Final closure

Abergavenny (Brecon Road) railway station was a station on the London and North Western Railway's Heads of the Valleys line serving the town of Abergavenny in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire.[1]

  1. ^ Conolly (2004), p. 8, section A3.

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