RAILSCOT | Abersychan and Talywain

Station

Abersychan and Talywain

Opened on the Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway.

Nearby stations Garndiffaith Halt Cwmffrwd Halt Pentwyn Halt Abersychan Low Level Snatchwood Halt Pentrepoid Halt Cwmavon (Monmouth) Halt Varteg Halt Cwmffrwdoer Halt Pontnewynydd Wainfelin Halt Pontypool Crane Street Six Bells Halt Pontypool Clarence Street Blaenavon High Level	Golynos Junction Garndiffaith Junction Talywain Junction British Ironworks Varteg Colliery Pentwyn Junction Mine Deakin^s Slope Colliery Snatchwood Sidings Llanerch Colliery Colliery Blaenserchan Colliery Branches Forks Junction Forge Pontnewynydd Junction
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

/ /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.
18/09/1879	Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company Talywain branch from Trevethin Junction to Abersychan and Talywain where it met iron works (including the British Iron Works) and colliery lines (such as the Varteg Colliery). The line replaced the early Cwmffrwd Railroad tramway.
05/05/1941	Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Abersychan and Talywain closed.
/ /1965	Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Abersychan and Talywain closed to freight.