Abergavenny Junction railway station
| Abergavenny Junction | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Abergavenny |
| Area | Monmouthshire |
| Coordinates | 51°49′53″N 3°00′05″W / 51.8315°N 3.0015°WCoordinates: 51°49′53″N 3°00′05″W / 51.8315°N 3.0015°W |
| Grid reference | SO310152 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | West Midland Railway / London and North Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway / London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway / London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Platforms | 3 |
| History | |
| 1 October 1862 | Opened |
| 20 June 1870 | Resited 505m north |
| 9 June 1958 | Closed to passengers |
| 5 April 1971 | Final closure |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Abergavenny Junction railway station was a station situated near the junction made between the London and North Western Railway's Heads of the Valleys line and the West Midland Railway's Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway, which served the town of Abergavenny in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire.
The first section of the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway from Abergavenny Junction to Brynmawr was opened on 29 September 1862. The line was leased and operated by the London and North Western Railway (L&NWR) which acquired the smaller railway company on 30 June 1866. The L&NWR was itself amalgamated into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in the 1923 Grouping. The new line made a south-facing junction with the West Midland Railway's Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway at a point on the northern outskirts of Abergavenny near the grounds of an asylum. The West Midland had been under a 999-year lease to the Great Western Railway (GWR) since May 1861 and was absorbed by the larger company as from 1 August 1863. A siding served the asylum
Abergavenny Junction opened on 1 October 1862, the first day of the L&NWR's lease of the line and the commencement of public services. It was a unique station as the only purely L&NWR station on a GWR main line with the only evidence of the GWR being the staff operating the 65-lever signal box which controlled the junction and which was GWR property. The box lasted until 14 November 1965 when it was replaced by a ground frame further south. The line west towards Abergavenny Brecon Road dropped at a gradient of 1 in 40.
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