Usk Tunnel
| Usk Station | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Usk |
| Area | Monmouthshire |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 2 June 1856 | Station opened |
| 30 May 1955 | Station closed |
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| 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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Coordinates: 51°42′23″N 2°54′20″W / 51.7063°N 2.9055°W
Usk (GWR) railway station is a disused railway station in the town of Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales. The station is now barely recognisable with the remains of the platforms beneath undergrowth, but the trackbed, the adjacent Usk Tunnel and road and river bridges remain extant and can be walked.
The railway was built by the Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway in 1856, with the principal aim of carrying iron ore from the Forest of Dean to furnaces near Nantyglo. It was authorised under an Act of Parliament dated 20 August 1853, to operate from a junction with the Newport, Abergavenny & Hereford Railway, near Pontypool, to Coleford, Gloucestershire, with a branch to serve the gas works at Monmouth. Diverging at Little Mill Junction, two miles (3.2 km) north west of Pontypool Road railway station, the line ran to Monmouth Troy railway station.
The four miles (6.4 km) from Little Mill Junction to Usk were opened on 2 June 1856, the line was worked by the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway. The twelve miles (19 km) onwards to Monmouth Troy opened on 12 October 1857 when the company worked its line with engines hired from the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway.
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