Dowlais (High Street) railway station

Disused railway station in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil

Dowlais High Street

General information
Location| Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil
Wales
Coordinates| 51°45′49″N 3°20′36″W﻿ / ﻿51.763514°N 3.343294°W﻿ / 51.763514; -3.343294
Platforms| 2
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Original company| Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway
Pre-grouping| London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping| London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
11 May 1885| Opened
6 January 1958[1]| Closed

Dowlais High Street railway station was a station that served the village of Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales on the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway. The station closed in 1958 The site is now occupied by Station Terrace with only the steps visible. .

## References[edit]

* Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
* Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
*   *   * Clinker, C. R. (1988) [1978]. Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1980 (2nd ed.). Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications & Services. ISBN 978-0-905466-91-0. OCLC 655703233.
* Conolly, W. Philip (2004) [1958]. British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer. Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0320-0.
* Edge, David (September 2002). Abergavenny to Merthyr including the Ebbw Vale Branch. Country Railway Routes. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-901706-915.
* Hall, Mike (2009). Lost Railways of South Wales. Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN 978-1-84674-172-2.
* Page, James (1988) [1979]. South Wales. Forgotten Railways. Vol. 8\. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-946537-44-5.
* Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
* Tasker, W.W. (1986). The Merthyr, Tredegar & Abergavenny Railway and branches. Poole: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-86093-339-7.

1. ^ Railway Passenger Stations page 167

Preceding station  |  | Disused railways  |  | Following station

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Pantysgallog (Low Level) Halt
Line and station closed |  | London and North Western Railway
Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway
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Line and station closed
Dowlais Central
Line and station closed |  |

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