Aber Bargoed railway station
Encyclopedia
Aber Bargoed railway station was a small railway station in the valleys north of Cardiff
. Opened as Aber Bargoed by the Brecon & Merthyr Junction Railway the station went through several changes of name before closure. Despite the similarity in the name it is not the Bargoed station
now open on the line to Rhymney.
during the Grouping
of 1923, Passing on to the Western Region of British Railways
on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Railways Board
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Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
. Opened as Aber Bargoed by the Brecon & Merthyr Junction Railway the station went through several changes of name before closure. Despite the similarity in the name it is not the Bargoed station
Bargoed railway station
Bargoed railway station serves the town of Bargoed in the county borough of Caerphilly, South Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney branch of the Valley Lines network...
now open on the line to Rhymney.
History
The station was incorporated into the Great Western RailwayGreat Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
during the Grouping
Railways Act 1921
The Railways Act 1921, also known as the Grouping Act, was an enactment by the British government of David Lloyd George intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition, and to retain some of the benefits which...
of 1923, Passing on to the Western Region of British Railways
Western Region of British Railways
The Western Region was a region of British Railways from 1948. The region ceased to be an operating unit in its own right in the 1980s and was wound up at the end of 1992...
on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Railways Board
British Railways Board
The British Railways Board was a nationalised industry in the United Kingdom that existed from 1962 to 2001. From its foundation until 1997, it was responsible for most railway services in Great Britain, trading under the brand names British Railways and, from 1965, British Rail...
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