Abergavenny railway station
Abergavenny 
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| Welsh: Y Fenni | |
Abergavenny station
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| Location | |
| Place | Abergavenny |
| Local authority | Monmouthshire |
| Coordinates | 51°49′00″N 3°00′32″W / 51.8167°N 3.0088°WCoordinates: 51°49′00″N 3°00′32″W / 51.8167°N 3.0088°W |
| Grid reference | SO305136 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | AGV |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | D |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.371 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.379 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.390 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.425 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.435 million |
| History | |
| 2 January 1854 | Station opens |
| 19 July 1950 | Renamed Abergavenny Monmouth Road |
| 6 May 1968 | Renamed Abergavenny |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Abergavenny from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Abergavenny railway station (Welsh: Y Fenni) is situated southeast of the town centre of Abergavenny, Wales. It is part of the British railway system owned by Network Rail and is operated by Arriva Trains Wales. It lies on the Welsh Marches Line from Newport to Hereford.
Abergavenny lies at the eastern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park and provides an access point to local services and public transport into the park.
The station, designed by Charles Liddell, Chief Engineer of the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway (NA&HR), is in an Italianate architecture style.
The NA&HR amalgamated with other railways in 1860 to form the West Midland Railway, which itself amalgamated with the Great Western Railway in 1863. The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. In 1950, the station was renamed Abergavenny Monmouth Road, but reverted to its simple name in 1968. When sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Railways.
A branch line to Brynmawr was opened in 1862 starting at Abergavenny Junction station north of the current station, constructed by the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway (MT&AR). The line also had a station in the town called Abergavenny Brecon Road, making three stations in all. This company was acquired by the London and North Western Railway in 1866. In 1958 the MT&AR passenger trains ceased and Abergavenny Junction was closed.
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