Maesteg_Castle_Street_railway_station Knowpia

Maesteg Castle Street
Maesteg Castle Street
	The site of the station in 1994
General information
Location	Maesteg, Bridgend County Borough; Wales
Coordinates	51°36′37″N 3°39′27″W / 51.6103°N 3.6574°W
Grid reference	SS853914
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Key dates
25 February 1864	Opened as Maesteg
1 July 1924	Name changed to Maesteg Castle Street
22 June 1970	Closed

Maesteg Castle Street railway station served the town of Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales from 1864 to 1970 on the Llynvi and Ogmore Railway.

History edit

The station opened as Maesteg on 25 February 1864 by the Great Western Railway. Its name was changed to Maesteg Castle Street on 1 July 1924. It closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 22 June 1970, having been listed for closure in Dr Beechings 1963,'The Reshaping of British Railways'. School services continued until 14 July 1970.^[1]^[2]

References edit

^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 269. OCLC 931112387.
^ "Maesteg Castle Street railway station (site), Bridgend, 1994". Geograph. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

British Railways Board (BRB), The Reshaping of British Railways: Part 1: Report (London, 1963), p.128: https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=13.

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Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Troedyrhiew Garth Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Llynvi and Ogmore Railway		Nantyffyllon Line closed, station open

[1] Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 269. OCLC 931112387.

[MaestegCastleStreetStationInfo-2] "Maesteg Castle Street railway station (site), Bridgend, 1994". Geograph. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

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