Cwm railway station served the village of Cwm in Monmouthshire, Wales.

History

The station was originally opened by the

Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company The Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company was a canal and railway company that operated a canal and a network of railways in the Western Valley and Eastern Valley of Newport, Monmouthshire. It started as the Monmouthshire Canal Navigation and o ...

on 19 April 1852. It became part of the Great Western Railway in 1880 and remained there at the

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of 1923. The line then passed on to the

Western Region of British Railways The Western Region was a region of British Railways from 1948. The region ceased to be an operating unit in its own right on completion of the "Organising for Quality" initiative on 6 April 1992. The Region consisted principally of ex-Great We ...

on nationalisation in 1948. The station was closed to passengers by the

British Transport Commission The British Transport Commission (BTC) was created by Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government as a part of its nationalisation programme, to oversee railways, canals and road freight transport in Great Britain (Northern Ireland had the se ...

on 30 April 1962, remaining open for goods traffic until 4 November 1963.

Present day

A new station on the

Ebbw Valley Railway The Ebbw Valley Railway ( cy, Rheilffordd Cwm Ebwy) is a branch line of the South Wales Main Line in South Wales. Transport for Wales Rail provides an hourly passenger service each way between Ebbw Vale Town and Cardiff Central, and an hou ...

, 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 and in 2008.

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External links

Proposals for Cwm stationArchive of Ebbw Valley Railway Scheme website
(

Blaenau Gwent council Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council ( cy, Cyngor bwrdeistref Sirol Blaenau Gwent) is the governing body for Blaenau Gwent, one of the Principal Areas of Wales. History The borough council was created in 1974 under the Local Government Act 197 ...

, 2008) {{Proposed rail infrastructure projects in the United Kingdom Disused railway stations in Blaenau Gwent Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1852 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1962 Proposed railway stations in Wales 1852 establishments in the United Kingdom 1852 establishments in Wales 1963 disestablishments in Wales