Argoed railway station

Argoed Halt
Location
Place Argoed
Area Caerphilly
Coordinates 51°41′41″N 3°11′30″W / 51.6948°N 3.1917°W / 51.6948; -3.1917Coordinates: 51°41′41″N 3°11′30″W / 51.6948°N 3.1917°W / 51.6948; -3.1917
Grid reference SO177001
Operations
Original company Sirhowy Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms ?
History
19 June 1865 Station opened as Argoed
29 September 1941 Station renamed Argoed Halt
13 June 1960 Station closed
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Argoed railway station served the village of Argoed in the County Borough of Caerphilly, Wales. it succeeded the first Argoed station built by the Sirhowy Tramroad, which operated from 1822 to 1855.

History

The station was opened on 19 June 1865 by the Sirhowy Railway,[1] upon completion of the work to convert the former Sirhowy Tramroad (a plateway of 4 ft 2 in (1,270 mm) gauge) into a normal standard-gauge railway.[2] The company got into financial difficulties, and was leased to the London and North Western Railway in 1875.[2] Therefore, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. It was renamed Argoed Halt on 29 September 1941.[1] Passing on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Transport Commission on 13 June 1960.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Butt 1995, p. 18
  2. 1 2 Awdry 1990, p. 103

References

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Blackwood   London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Sirhowy Railway		   Markham Village Halt
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