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Abergavenny railway station in 1905
Photo of the Abergavenny train station as it was in 1905. Abergavenny is a town in Monmouthshire, Wales - at the eastern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park. The two platform station opened in 1854 and is part of the Welsh Marches Line from Newport to Hereford.
It is still in service and currently managed by Arriva Trains Wales.
Photo © The Step Back Through Time Collection
Picture added on 25 August 2009
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Step back through Time, trains and stations
Step back through Time, trains and stations
This station was opened by the Newport Abergavenny and Hereford Rly. About a mile north was Abergavenny junction station which was the exchange point for the heads of the valleys line through the third station, Abergavenny (Brecon Road) toMerthyr Tydfil. Only open space remains at Abrgavenny junction, but the brecon Road site is occupied by a health centre and parts of the route through the town are still traceable.This section utilised the route of a former horse tramway, The Llanvihangel Railway which had been bought by the N.A.& H.and whose route was partly used for its main line.
Added by David Bird on 04 November 2011
Wales
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