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Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway

Dates

16/07/1866	Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Act passed, backed by the London and North Western Railway.
/ /1869	Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Incorporated into the London and North Western Railway.
01/11/1869	Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Opened to Blaenavon for freight.
01/01/1870	Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Opened to Blaenavon for passengers.
20/03/1871	Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Waenavon opened as a blockpost, telegraph and staff station.
01/09/1871	Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Waenavon opened to passengers.
/ /1877	Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Extended south to Abersychan and Talywain station and Varteg Hill Colliery. A branch from Garndiffaith Junction ran to Golynos Junction on the Great Western Railway's Cwmffrwd Branch.
01/05/1878	Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Abersychan and Talywain opened
01/05/1878	Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Extension to Abersychan and Talywain opened to passengers. Track in the station was jointly owned by the London and North Western Railway and the Great Western Railway as the line met its Talwain Branch here.
/ /1881	Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Engine shed opened at Blaenavon.
/ /1939	Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway After closure of the Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch (Caledonian Railway), Waenavon (1,400 feet) becomes the highest station on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
05/05/1941	Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Abersychan and Talywain closed.
05/05/1941	Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Closed to passengers
05/09/1942	Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Blaenavon engine shed closed.
/ /1950	Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Blaenavon renamed Blaenavon High Level.
/ /1953	Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Furnace Sidings to Brynmawr closed to through freight.
/ /1954	Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Waenavon closed to freight.
/ /1961	Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Furnace Sidings to Brynmawr lifted.
/ /1965	Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Abersychan and Talywain closed to freight.

Locations along the line

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Brynmawr

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Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway
Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway (London and North Western Railway)

Waunavon

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Garn-yr-Erw

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Whistle Halt

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Kay Slope Colliery

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Furnace Sidings

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Scene on the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway on 12 September 2015, with ex-GWR 0-6-0 Pannier Tank 6435 about to depart with a train from Furnace ...
Peter Todd 12/09/2015

Water tank inspection for 'Brookes No 1', a 1941 Hunslet 0-6-0ST in Furnace Sidings during the P&BR Autumn Gala in September 2019. ...
Peter Todd 14/09/2019

'Rosyth No 1', a 1914 Barclay 0-4-0ST, double heading a P&BR train at Furnace Sidings with 'Howard (Illingworth)', a 1916 Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0ST. ...
Peter Todd 14/09/2019

A recently installed plaque celebrating the original ownership of what is now the Pontypool and Blaenavon Heritage Railway, followed by the LMSR and ...
Peter Todd 05/05/2019

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Blaenavon High Level

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A train leaving Blaenavon High Level station on 12 September 2015 behind ex-GWR 0-6-2T no 5637. ...
Peter Todd 12/09/2015

When you're 73 years old, it's easy to forget where you left things - like, three coaches. 'Mech Navvies No. 1' runs round its coaches on 19th August. ...
Ken Strachan 19/08/2017

GWR 0-6-2T 5637 about to depart from Blaenavon High Level Station on 12 September 2015. The locomotive is currently on loan from the East Somerset ...
Peter Todd 12/09/2015

'JESSIE,' a Hunslet 0-6-0ST No 1837 of 1937, departing Blaenavon High Station on 5th May 2019. The Pontypool and Blaenavon line is mostly on a decent ...
Peter Todd 05/05/2019

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Blaenavon Junction

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Varteg Halt

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Garndiffaith Halt

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Garndiffaith Junction

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Golynos Junction

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Talywain Branch (Monmouthshire Railway and Canal)

Abersychan and Talywain

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The surviving signal box at Abersychan & Talywain, north of Pontypool, photographed in 1977. Once part of the thriving coal and iron belt along the ...
Ian Dinmore //1977

The former signal box at Abersychan and Talywain, to the north of Pontypool, in 1977. The station here had closed to passengers in May 1941. ...
Ian Dinmore //1977

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Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway

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Locations along the line

Brynmawr

Waunavon

Garn-yr-Erw

Whistle Halt

Kay Slope Colliery

Furnace Sidings

Blaenavon High Level

Blaenavon Junction

Varteg Halt

Garndiffaith Halt

Garndiffaith Junction

Golynos Junction

Abersychan and Talywain

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