Clydach railway station
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Station site in 1973.
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| Location | |
| Place | Clydach |
| Area | Monmouthshire |
| Coordinates | 51°48′12″N 3°08′31″W / 51.8033°N 3.1420°WCoordinates: 51°48′12″N 3°08′31″W / 51.8033°N 3.1420°W |
| Grid reference | SO231127 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 1863 | Opened |
| 2 May 1938 | Goods facilities withdrawn |
| 6 January 1958 | Closed |
| 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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Clydach railway station was a station on the London and North Western Railway's Heads of the Valleys line near the village of Clydach in the Welsh county of Brecknockshire.
The first section of the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway from Abergavenny 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 in the 1923 Grouping.
Clydach first appeared in Bradshaw in January 1864, however the line's engineer, John Gardner, reported on 27 August 1863 that the station had already opened, with minutes of L&NWR meetings referring to a projected completion date of mid-September 1863. The station was situated below a quarry-scarred mountainside at the top of which were houses bordered by rock and scree situated ominously near the edge. The station was east of Clydach Viaduct composed of eight semi-circular arches built of old red sandstone with 30-foot (9.1 m) spans on a curve of 10 chains (200 m) radius at a gradient of 1 in 38. The viaduct, which is 312 feet (95 m) long and 75 feet (23 m) high with 13 feet (4.0 m) between the parapets, was designed by Gardner to carry the line over the Clydach Gorge and the Clydach Stream. The distance between the parapets was increased to 26 feet (7.9 m) when the line was doubled in 1877. To the west of the station was the twin-bore Clydach Tunnel (Down 302 yards (276 m); Up 330 yards (300 m)).
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