Abergavenny railway station

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Abergavenny

Y Fenni

Abergavenny station

Location

Place

Abergavenny

Local authority

Monmouthshire

Coordinates

51°49′00″N 3°00′32″W / 51.8167, -3.0088Coordinates: 51°49′00″N 3°00′32″W / 51.8167, -3.0088

Operations

Station code

AGV

Managed by

Arriva Trains Wales

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.279 million

2005/06 *

0.284 million

History

January 2, 1854

Station opens

July 19, 1950

Renamed Abergavenny Monmouth Road

May 6, 1968

Renamed Abergavenny

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Abergavenny from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Abergavenny railway station (Welsh: Y Fenni) is situated southeast of the town centre of Abergavenny.

1 Today
2 History
3 Railway Town
4 GWR Locomotive 'Abergavenny Castle'
5 Facilities
6 Services
7 External links

[edit] Today

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 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.

[edit] History

The station was originally established by the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway then it became part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways.

In 1950 it was renamed Abergavenny Monmouth Road, and took on its simple name in 1968.

[edit] Railway Town

A branch line to Brynmawr was opened in 1862 starting at Abergavenny Junction north of the current station, constructed by the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway.

This company was acquired by the London and North Western Railway in 1866.

In 1958 the MT&AR was closed to passengers and Abergavenny Junction was closed.

[edit] GWR Locomotive 'Abergavenny Castle'

A GWR Castle-class locomotive, number 5013, was named after Abergavenny Castle

[edit] Facilities

This is a staffed station in the daytime. It has disabled access to platforms, a cafeteria and toilets plus large waiting rooms on both tracksides.

[edit] Services

With a few exceptions, the weekday daytime service pattern typically sees one train per hour in each direction between Manchester Piccadilly and Cardiff Central, with most trains continuing beyond Cardiff to Swansea and West Wales. There is also a two-hourly service between Cardiff and the North Wales Coast Line. These service are all operated by Arriva Trains Wales.

There are also two trains per day in the early morning on weekdays to London Paddington, via Hereford and the Cotswold Line; these services are operated by First Great Western.