Abergavenny Junction Railway Station

Abergavenny Junction railway station was a station situated near the junction made between the London and North Western Railway's Heads of the Valleys line and the West Midland Railway's Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway, which served the town of Abergavenny in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire. HistoryOpeningThe first section of the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway from Abergavenny Junction to was opened on 29 September 1862. The line was leased and operated by the London and North Western Railway (L& NWR) which acquired the smaller railway company on 30 June 1866. The L& NWR was itself amalgamated into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in the 1923 Grouping. The new line made a south-facing junction with the West Midland Railway's Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway at a point on the northern outskirts of Abergavenny near the grounds of an asylum. The West Midland had been under a 999-year lease to the Great Western Railway (GWR) since May 1861 and was absorbed by the larger company as from 1 August 1863. A siding served the asylum

Abergavenny Junction railway station was a station situated near the junction made between the London and North Western Railway's Heads of the Valleys line and the West Midland Railway's Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway, which served the town of Abergavenny in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire. HistoryOpeningThe first section of the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway from Abergavenny Junction to was opened on 29 September 1862. The line was leased and operated by the London and North Western Railway (L& NWR) which acquired the smaller railway company on 30 June 1866. The L& NWR was itself amalgamated into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in the 1923 Grouping. The new line made a south-facing junction with the West Midland Railway's Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway at a point on the northern outskirts of Abergavenny near the grounds of an asylum. The West Midland had been under a 999-year lease to the Great Western Railway (GWR) since May 1861 and was absorbed by the larger company as from 1 August 1863. A siding served the asylum