Abersychan Low Level railway station

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Abersychan Low Level
Location
Location	Wales
Area	Monmouthshire
Operations
Original company	Monmouthshire Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	?
History
2 October 1854	Station opens as Abersychan
14 May 1885	Station renamed Abersychan Low Level
30 April 1962	Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Abersychan Low Level railway station served the west of Abersychan village in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire. It was located near the junction of the A4043 and the B4246 at the eastern end of the village.

[edit] History

Opened by the Monmouthshire Railway, it became part of the Great Western Railway The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

[edit] The site today

The site is now a residential development behind the Rising Sun public house.

[edit] References

• R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd.  ISBN 1 85260 508 1

• A. Jowett, (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing.  ISBN 0 906899 99 0

• Position on 1940's map [1]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Snatchwood		Great Western Railway Monmouthshire Railway		Cwmffrwd Halt