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Govilon
Station building in 2010.
General information
LocationGovilon, Monmouthshire
Wales
Coordinates51°48′58″N 3°04′03″W / 51.8160°N 3.0675°W / 51.8160; -3.0675
Grid referenceSO265135
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

Govilon railway station was a station on the London and North Western Railway's Heads of the Valleys line serving the village of Govilon in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire.[1]

  1. ^ Conolly (2004), p. 8, section A4.

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