Pochin Pits Colliery Platform | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Tredegar, Monmouthshire |
Country: | Wales |
Platforms: | 1 |
Original: | London and North Western Railway |
Pregroup: | London and North Western Railway |
Events: | Opened as Pochin Pits Colliery Platform |
Years1: | September 1922 |
Events1: | Closed to passengers |
Years2: | 2 October 1922 |
Events2: | Name changed to Pochin Pits |
Events3: | Closed to miners |
Pochin Pits Colliery Platform railway station served Pochin Pits Colliery which was in Tredegar, in the historic county of Monmouthshire, Wales, from 1893 to 1960 on the Sirhowy Railway.
The station was opened in October 1893 by the London and North Western Railway. It was only open on Saturdays and services only ran to Newport initially but it later ran both ways. It closed to passengers in September 1922 but stayed open for miners until 13 June 1960.[1] [2]