Nearby stations Nantyglo [2nd] Nantyglo [1st] Gelli Felen Halt Beaufort Waunavon Ebbw Vale Low Level Ebbw Vale Ebbw Vale High Level Tyllwyn Halt Blaina Garn-yr-Erw Whistle Halt Clydach Trevil Halt Victoria [South Wales] | Lion Tin Plate Works Nantyglo Iron Works Waun Dew Colliery Beaufort Tunnel Beaufort Iron Works Geli Felen Tunnel Colliery Iron Works Limeworks Llam-march Quarry Beynon and Red Ash Colliery Coalbrookvale Ironworks Ebbw Vale Junction Quarry Tourist/other Nantyglo Round Towers |
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. |
/ /1829 | Baileys Tramroad Tramroad built from Nantyglo Iron Works near Brynmawr, to Govilon on the Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal. |
29/09/1862 | Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway Opened from Abergavenny to Brynmawr. |
01/03/1864 | London and North Western Railway, South Wales Extension from Brynmawr to Nantybwch. |
/ /1871 | J.&C. Bailey (Joseph Bailey and Crawshay Bailey) Sell Nantyglo Iron Works to Brynmawr railway to the Nantyglo and Blaina Iron Company. |
/ /1877 | Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway Line doubled between Abergavenny and Brynmawr requiring new tunnel bores at Clydach and Gelli Felen. |
/ /1881 | London and North Western Railway Rent the Nantyglo to Brynmawr railway from the Nantyglo and Blaina Iron Company. |
31/07/1902 | Brynmawr and Western Valleys Railway Line taken over jointly by the London and North Western Railway and the Great Western Railway as the Nantyglo and Blaina Iron Company were asking too high a price to buy their private Nantyglo Iron Works to Brynmawr railway. |
/ /1918 | London and North Western Railway Lease of the Nantyglo to Brynmawr railway expires. |
05/05/1941 | Talywain Branch Closed to passengers for Newport, Pontypool and Brynmawr service. |
/ /1953 | Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Furnace Sidings to Brynmawr closed to through freight. |
/ /1961 | Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Furnace Sidings to Brynmawr lifted. |