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Pant Railway Station (other)
Pant railway station may refer to: * Pant railway station (Brecon Mountain Railway), an operational heritage railway station in Wales. * Pant railway station (Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway) Pant railway station ( Pant Junction) was a station which served Pant, Merthyr Tydfil, in the historic Welsh county of Glamorgan, now Merthyr Tydfil County Borough. It was the junction at which the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Railway line from ..., a disused railway station in Wales. * Pant railway station (England), a disused railway station in Shropshire, England. {{Disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pant Railway Station (Brecon Mountain Railway)
Pant railway station is the southern terminus of the Brecon Mountain Railway, a heritage line on the southern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales. History Following its closure in 1964, a small group sought to reopen a section of the disused Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway line, initially from Pant to Pontsticill, as a heritage attraction. By 1972 applications had been submitted for planning consents, and by 1978 the group, now named the Brecon Mountain Railway, had obtained a Light Railway Order. Despite following much of the original trackbed, the site of the original Pant railway station was no longer available, and an alternative location was established to the West. It opened to passengers as a brand new station on 8 June 1980. The station site was expanded and improved in stages between 1982 and 1996, adding additional passenger facilities, and engineering facilities for the railway in an extensive depot complex. Facilities The station site ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pant Railway Station (Brecon And Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway)
Pant railway station ( Pant Junction) was a station which served Pant, Merthyr Tydfil, in the historic Welsh county of Glamorgan, now Merthyr Tydfil County Borough. It was the junction at which the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Railway line from Pontsticill in the North split to serve the Dowlais Central and Dowlais Top lines. The line opened in 1859 and closed in 1964. The station had 3 platforms serving the Up and Down services to Dowlais Top, and at a lower level a single platform to Dowlais Central. All 3 lines were single track beyond the station. A new station (opened 1980) is the southern terminus of the Brecon Mountain Railway on an adjacent site. History The Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway obtained an Act of Parliament on 1 August 1859 to construct a line between Talybont and Pant. Train services between Brecon and Pant officially began on 23 April 1863 but two trains per day ran from 19 March 1863. There was a fatal accident at Pant station on 22 August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
