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This is a Workshop for work in progress. Any work in a finished state should go to the Warehouse

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Contents 1 Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway 2 Looe Valley Line 3 Cumbrian Coast Line 4 Dorchester Tweaks 5 Llandeilo - Abergwili Line 6 Southport 7 Three Cocks Junction railway station 8 Further Reading 9 Planning and Construction 10 Operation 11 Decline and Closure 12 The Site Today 13 Further Reading 14 References 15 Lymington Junction 16 Junction Layout Changes 17 Closure

[edit] Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway

Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway

Legend Abergavenny Junction Newport, Abergavenny Abergavenny Brecon Road and Hereford Railway River Usk Govilon Gilwern Halt Clydach Clydach Tunnel 330 yds Gelli Fellen Tunnel 352 yds Gelli Fellen Halt to Blaenavon Brynmawr to Aberbeeg Beaufort (LNWR) to Aberbeeg Beaufort (GWR) Ebbw Vale High Level Trevil Nantybwch ( LNWR / GWR Joint line ) Rhymney Bridge ( LNWR / GWR Joint line ) ( GWR line ) Sirhowy ( LNWR line ) ( GWR line ) Dowlais Top GWR line to Bargoed Tredegar Pochin Pits Dowlais High Street Bedwellty Pits Pantysgallog Low Level Halt Holly Bush Brecon and Merthyr Railway Pantysgallog High Level Halt Dowlais Central Markham Village Halt Pont Sarn Argoed Cefn Coed Blackwood Heolgerrig Cyfartha Iron Works Plymouth Street Merthyr Tydfil Pontllanfraith High Level Merthyr Tunnel 2497 yds Wylie Camp Halt Merthyr Line to Cardiff Ynysddu Ynysddu Pont Lawrence Halt Nine Mile Point ( LNWR line ) ( GWR line ) to Newport

[edit] Looe Valley Line

Looe Valley Line
Legend Liskeard and Caradon Railway (GWR) Moorswater (private siding) 0.00 LIskeard (Looe Valley Line) Liskeard (Cornish Main Line) 2.00 Coombe (limited service) Coombe Junction (train reverses) 3.75 St Keyne (request stop) 5.00 Causeland (request stop) 6.50 Sandplace (request stop) Terras Crossing 8.50 Looe 9.00 Buller Quay (goods)

Westbury
Legend Trowbridge Reading to Plymouth Line Westbury Wessex Main Line Bristol and North Somerset Railway (To Bristol Temple Meads) Radstock (1875-1959)

[edit] Cumbrian Coast Line

Cumbrian Coast Line

Legend WCML to Glasgow and Edinburgh Carlisle railway station WCML to London Euston Dalston Wigton former line to Silloth Aspatria Maryport & Carlisle Railway branch to Brigham Maryport Flimby Cleator & Workington Junction Railway Cockermouth and Workington Railway Workington Harrington Whitehaven, Cleator & Egremont Railway Parton Whitehaven Corkickle Whitehaven, Cleator & Egremont Railway St Bees Nethertown Braystones Cleator & Furness Railway River Ehen Sellafield River Calder Seascale Drigg River Irt River Mite Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Ravenglass for Eskdale River Esk Bootle Silecroft Millom Green Road River Duddon former branch to Coniston Foxfield Kirkby-in-Furness Askam-in-Furness Line to mines at Sandscale Barrow-in-Furness Roose Barrow Docks Power Station Rampside Roa Island‎ Furness Line‎

[edit] Dorchester Tweaks

Dorchester Tweaks
Legend Moreton Original Dorchester Station Dorchester LSWR Station Planned (never built) Dorchester Junction line to Exeter (Joint Line to Weymouth) Dorchester GWR Station Great Western Line to Yeovil

[edit] Llandeilo - Abergwili Line

Llandeilo - Abergwili Line
Legend Heart of Wales Line Llandeilo Llandeilo Bridge Golden Grove Drysllwyn Llanarthney Nantgaredigg Abergwili Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Carmarthen West Wales Line

[edit] Southport

Manchester-Southport Line

Legend to Preston Meols Cop Ash Street Butts Lane Halt Southport Central Southport Chapel Street St Luke's Southport Lord Street Kew Gardens Birkdale Palace Heathey Lane Halt Ainsdale Beach Ainsdale Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway Shirdley Hill New Cut Lane Halt Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway Halsall Woodvale Plex Moss Lane Mossbridge Barton Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway Altcar and Hillhouse Lydiate Sefton and Maghull Old Roan Aintree Central

Map of Southport Area [1]

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[edit] Three Cocks Junction railway station

Three Cocks Junction

Three Cocks Junction was a railway station named after a local hostelry, which still exists, that operated in the English-Welsh borders, south of the town of Hay - on - Wye. Opened on 21 September 1864, the station was almost purely an interchange and saw very little local traffic; On one day in about 1958 receipts amounted to 9d (4p). The station closed to passengers on 31 December 1962, a few months before the Beeching report was published.

The station had four platforms and a signal box.

The station was run by the Cambrian Railway, moving into the Great Western Railway in the 1923 grouping.

[edit] Further Reading

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

• Chris Leigh , (1981). GWR Country Stations. Ian Allan Ltd.  ISBN 0-7110- 1108-7

[edit] Planning and Construction

Cambrian 21 Sept 1864 HH&B 31 December 1962 BTC

Situated north south east west of the place, on the road to nextown, the station consisted of two platforms for the passing loop on the single line. A station building stood on the platform. There was also a small goods yard, engine shed and signal box. This controlled the adjacent level crossing.

The station was intended to serve the Vapour trade. When that did not meet expected levels, the line turned to the Other trade. However, this petered out and the line eked out a quiet existence carrying sparse local passengers and agricultural produce.

[edit] Operation

Opened by the First Railway Company in 0000, then by the pre-grouping railway company from 0000, it became part of the

Great Western

London, Midland and Scottish Railway

London and North Eastern Railway

Southern Railway

during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the

London Midland Region of British Railways

Scottish Region of British Railways

Southern Region of British Railways

Western Region of British Railways

Eastern Region of British Railways

on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by the

Intercity Sector

Network South East

Regional Railways

Privatisation saw services run by the railway company, then by the other railway company.

[edit] Decline and Closure

The station became the terminus when services to Oldterminus were withdrawn in 0000. Services were provided by auto trains railmotors until the locomotive shed closed when diesel multiple units took over in 0000. Goods services were withdrawn in 0000. Despite local protest passenger services were withdrawn in 0000.

The station was an early victim of nationalisation, closing in 0000.

The station was a victim of the Beeching Axe, closing in 0000.

The station survived until 0000, despite being listed for closure in the Beeching Axe.

The station closed in 0000, despite being ignored by the Beeching Axe.

Closure to passengers left goods traffic working to the Widget Factory until that closed in 0000.

The station has a new lease of life as a heritage commuter the new factory building of local suburbs.

[edit] The Site Today

Today the site is a popular walk industrial estate part of the bypass derelict a small housing estate.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Previous Line and station closed		Railway Company Railway Line		Next Line and station closed

[edit] Further Reading

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

[edit] References

Southampton and Dorchester Railway

Authorised 1845, Opened 1847 Operating companies: Southampton and Dorchester Railways 1845-1848, London and South Western Railway 1848-1923, Southern Railway 1923-1948, British Railways 1948-

Lymington Railway

Authorised 1856, Opened 1858 Operating companies: Lymington Railway 1856 1878, London and South Western Railway 1878-1923, Southern Railway 1923-1948, British Railways 1948-

[edit] Lymington Junction

Lymington Junction was a railway junction which existed on what is now the South Western Main Line in the English county of Hampshire. Located about a mile west of Brockenhurst in the New Forest, it functioned from 1856 to 1978. The Southampton and Dorchester Railway had opened in 1847, but its promoters used an inland route to serve the important market town of Ringwood and Wimborne. The decision was made to build a branch line to Lymington to serve the town and the ferries to the Isle of Wight. This was authorised in 1856 and opened in 1858, leaving the main line to Ringwood a mile west of Brockenhurst station, necessitating a junction there. Both lines were taken over by the London and South Western Railway, and this company sought a shorter line between London and the growing town of Bournemouth. In 1885, a line opened across the New Forest, leaving the Old Road as the old Southampton and Dorchester line became known, at Lymington Junction. The signal box here was now a busy place, the meeting of two double track lines and the single line to Lymington.

A 21 lever signal box was constructed in the vee of the diverging Bournemouth and Lymington routes to control the points and signals at the junction. One of the duties of the staff was to pass the single line token to the crew of the Lymington train and recover it from trains leaving the branch, and this was done using a platform on the branch side of the box.

[edit] Junction Layout Changes

The Southampton and Dorchester Railway was the only line through the site to close, losing its passenger services in 1964 as a result of the Beeching purges. The section of line to Ringwood was soon lifted. Both remaining lines carried on, and not only the main line to Bournemouth but also the Lymington branch were electrified using the third rail system in 1966. A transformer box was placed near the signal box on the main line to provide power for the new trains.

[edit] Closure

The Brockenhurst station area had been controlled from several signal boxes. British Railways concentrated all of their functions to the single box on the level crossing at the east end of the station. As part of this plan, in 1978 engineers extended and electrified a siding, which had been part of the station goods yard, as far as the junction. As a result the Lymington train would from then on use this track, independent of the main line, and this and automatic colour light signals rendered the box redundant as the junction no longer existed. It was switched out in September 1978, and the box dismantled.

The line is now operated on the One Train Working principle. [2]

The 21 lever frame from the box is now at Medstead and Four Marks on the Watercress Line Heritage Railway.[3]