Govilon Railway Station

Govilon railway station was a station on the London and North Western Railway's Heads of the Valleys line serving the village of Govilon in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire. HistoryThe first section of the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway from Abergavenny 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 in the 1923 Grouping. Govilon opened on 1 October 1862. The section of line had been ceremonially opened on 29 September 1862 with the first train running as far as Govilon, the only completed station at that time, under the control of the wife of Captain James Hill, the company's Vice-Chairman. Public services commenced on 1 October, the first day of the L& NWR's lease of the line. The station was situated on a steep 9mi climb from Abergavenny at gradients as severe as 1 in 34. A gradient post showing 1 in 80 / 1 in 34 was installed on one of the station platforms. It was the nearest station to Llanfoist House, the residence of Crawshay Bailey, director of the Merthyr company and moving force behind the line's construction.

Govilon railway station was a station on the London and North Western Railway's Heads of the Valleys line serving the village of Govilon in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire. HistoryThe first section of the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway from Abergavenny 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 in the 1923 Grouping. Govilon opened on 1 October 1862. The section of line had been ceremonially opened on 29 September 1862 with the first train running as far as Govilon, the only completed station at that time, under the control of the wife of Captain James Hill, the company's Vice-Chairman. Public services commenced on 1 October, the first day of the L& NWR's lease of the line. The station was situated on a steep 9mi climb from Abergavenny at gradients as severe as 1 in 34. A gradient post showing 1 in 80 / 1 in 34 was installed on one of the station platforms. It was the nearest station to Llanfoist House, the residence of Crawshay Bailey, director of the Merthyr company and moving force behind the line's construction.