:Tredegar railway station
{{Short description|Former railway station in Wales}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Tredegar railway station
| status = Disused
| image =
| borough = Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent
| country = Wales
| coordinates = {{coord|51.7673|-3.2409|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name = Grid reference
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SO144083|25|SO144083}}
| platforms = 1
| original = Sirhowy Railway
| pregroup = London and North Western Railway
| postgroup = London, Midland and Scottish Railway
| years = 19 June 1865
| events = Station opened
| years1 = 13 June 1960
| events1 = Station closed to passengers
}}
Tredegar railway station was a station on the Sirhowy Railway. It served the town of Tredegar. The station was near the southern edge of Bedwellty Park.
History
The station was opened on 19 June 1865 by the Sirhowy Railway after the conversion of the Sirhowy Tramroad to a standard gauge railway.{{harvnb|Awdry|1990|p=103}}
The line south from Tredegar closed to goods traffic on 30 April 1969,{{sfnp|Hurst|1991|loc=p. 59, note 2622}}
Accidents
On 17 December 1902 a fatal accident occurred when a train from Tredegar to Nantybwch with 9 loaded coal wagons and a brake van was stopped on the incline of 1 in 42 near Nantybwch. The driver uncoupled the engine for adjustments; on recoupling he backed the engine on to the wagons, setting them in motion back down the hill until they reached Tredegar, about 1½ miles distant, where a disastrous collision occurred.[https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=1361 Accident report at railwaysarchive.co.uk]
Present day
The route has been reused by the modern A4048 road;
Notes
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References
- {{cite book |last=Awdry |first=Christopher |authorlink=Christopher Awdry |title=Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies |year=1990 |publisher=Guild Publishing |location=London |id=CN 8983 }}
- {{Cite book|last1=Tasker|first1=W.W.|title=The Merthyr, Tredegar & Abergavenny Railway and branches|year=1986|publisher=Oxford Publishing Co.|location=Poole|isbn=978-0-86093-339-7}}
- {{Cite book|last1=Tasker|first1=W.W.|title=Railways in the Sirhowy Valley|year=1992|orig-year=1978|publisher=Oakwood Press|location=Oxford|isbn=0-85361-415-6}}
- {{Cite book|last1=Hall|first1=Mike|title=Lost Railways of South Wales|year=2009|publisher=Countryside Books|location=Newbury|isbn=978-1-84674-172-2}}
- {{cite book|last=Hurst|first=Geoffrey|title=Register of Closed Railways 1948–1991|year=1991|publisher=Milepost Publications|isbn=0-947796-18-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/registerofclosed0000hurs}}
Route
{{Disused Rail Start}}
{{Rail line|previous=Sirhowy|next=Bedwellty Pits Halt|route=London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Sirhowy Railway |col={{LNWR colour}} }}
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Category:Former London and North Western Railway stations
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1865
Category:1865 establishments in Wales
Category:Disused railway stations in Blaenau Gwent