Cwm railway station

Cwm
265px Station site in 1990.
Location
Place	Cwm
Area	Blaenau Gwent
Coordinates
Grid reference	SO184055
Operations
Original company	Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
19 April 1852 (1852-04-19)	Opened
30 April 1962	Closed to passengers
4 November 1963	Closed to goods traffic
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Cwm railway station served the village of Cwm in Monmouthshire, Wales.

History

The station was originally opened by the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company on 19 April 1852. It became part of the Great Western Railway in 1880 and remained there at the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was closed to passengers by the British Transport Commission on 30 April 1962, remaining open for goods traffic until 4 November 1963.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Victoria (Blaenau Gwent) Line and station open		Great Western Railway Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company		Aberbeeg Line open, station closed

Present day

A new station on the Ebbw Valley Railway, which would serve the community of Cwm, South Wales has been proposed. Planning permission has not yet been granted, and the station was not included in the first stage of the line reopening plan, which created a passenger service between Cardiff Central and Ebbw Vale Parkway in 2008.

External links

• Proposals for Cwm station
• Archive of Ebbw Valley Railway Scheme website (Blaenau Gwent council, 2008)