Bournville (Mon) Halt railway station explained

Bournville (Mon)
Status:Disused
Borough:Ty'r-Cecil nr Blaina, Blaenau Gwent
Country:Wales
Coordinates:51.7501°N -3.1566°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:1
Original:Great Western Railway
Postgroup:Great Western Railway
Events:Opened as Tylers Arms Platform
Years1:30 October 1933
Events1:Renamed Bournville (Mon)
Years2:5 October 1942
Events2:Became a halt
Years3:30 April 1962
Events3:Closed
Years4:5 July 1976
Events4:Line closed

Bournville (Mon) Halt railway station was a station which served Ty'r-Cecil near Blaina Abertillery in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire.

History

The halt was opened by the Great Western Railway in July 1897 as an untimetabled station known as Tylers Arms Platform for the use of miners. The name was taken from the public house situated just to the north. It was on the Great Western's 6miles branch from to which had first opened as a tramroad in 1824 by the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company before being converted to a railway in 1855. It became part of the Great Western Railway in 1880 and remained there at the Grouping of 1923.

The station was situated to the east of South Griffith Colliery and just to the west of a Baptist Chapel; it is known to have been in use by miners on 3 June 1915. The colliery was served by a series of sidings which were in use between and . The single-platform halt, which was 1.5miles from, backed on to houses in Bournville Road. It was opened to the public and renamed Bournville (Mon) on 30 October 1933, with the suffix halt being added by 5 October 1942. Passenger services were withdrawn from the station on 30 April 1962. The line through the station was singled in 1964. Official closure of the section between Blaina and Rose Heyworth Colliery including Bournville came on 5 July 1976.

Present

The A467 road follows the course of the former line through Bournville.

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