Sirhowy railway station was a station on the

Sirhowy Railway The Sirhowy Tramroad was a plateway built to convey the products of ironworks at Tredegar to Newport, South Wales. It opened in 1805 between Tredegar and Nine Mile Point, a location west of Risca, from where the Monmouthshire Canal Company opera ...

. It served Sirhowy near the town of

Tredegar Tredegar (pronounced , ) is a town and community situated on the banks of the Sirhowy River in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, in the southeast of Wales. Within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, it became an early centre of the In ...

History

The station was opened on 19 June 1865 by the Sirhowy Railway after the conversion of the

Sirhowy Tramroad The Sirhowy Tramroad was a plateway built to convey the products of ironworks at Tredegar to Newport, South Wales. It opened in 1805 between Tredegar and Nine Mile Point, a location west of Risca, from where the Monmouthshire Canal Company oper ...

to a standard gauge railway. It was closed to passenger traffic on 13 June 1960. The line from Sirhowy to Tredegar continued in operation for goods traffic until closure on 4 November 1963.

Present day

The route has been reused by the modern A4048 road; there are no remains of the station at the site.

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{{end box Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1865 1865 establishments in Wales Disused railway stations in Blaenau Gwent Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1960 1960 disestablishments in Wales