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Aber Bargoed railway station

Coordinates: 51°41′46″N 3°13′44″W / 51.69599°N 3.22880°W / 51.69599; -3.22880
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Aber Bargoed
Site of Aberbargoed Station in 1973
General information
LocationAberbargoed, Caerphilly
Wales
Coordinates51°41′46″N 3°13′44″W / 51.69599°N 3.22880°W / 51.69599; -3.22880
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBrecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway
Pre-groupingBrecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
16 March 1866Station opens
October 1869Station closes
March 1870Station reopens
1 September 1905Station renamed Aber Bargoed and Bargoed
1 March 1909Station renamed Bargoed and Aber Bargoed
1 July 1924Station renamed Aberbargoed
31 December 1962Station closes

Aber Bargoed railway station was a small railway station in the valleys north of Cardiff. Opened as Aber Bargoed by the Brecon & Merthyr Junction Railway, the station went through several changes of name before closure. Despite the similarity in the name it is not the Bargoed station now open on the line to Rhymney.

History

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The station was incorporated into the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923, Passing on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by British Railways.

The site today

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The site is now partly an open space, and partly the route of the Bargoed Bypass road.

References

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  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  • Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
  • Aber Bargoed Town station on navigable O. S. map
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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Cwmsyfiog & Brithdir
Line and station closed
  Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway
Rumney Railway
  Bargoed Colliery Halt
Line and station closed