Ebbw Vale Low Level railway station (site), Blaenau Gwent
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Ebbw Vale Low Level railway station (site), Blaenau Gwent
Image: © Nigel Thompson Taken: 14 Aug 2015
Opened in 1859 by the Monmouthshire Railway & Canal Company, later part of the Great Western Railway, as the terminus of the line from Newport (Gwent), this station replaced an earlier 1852 terminus some 600m south of here. In turn, this station closed in 1962. The line was later turned into a road and raised slightly. The single platform ran roughly along the left hand carriageway of the road and the main building was where the trees to the left now are. View south towards the current Ebbw Vale Town station, beyond the tunnel, and Newport, Cardiff etc.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.782729
Longitude
-3.206913