Caerleon railway station

Caerleon
Station in 1959.
Location
Place Caerleon
Area Newport
Grid reference ST337910
Operations
Original company Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 2
History
21 December 1874 (1874-12-21) Opened
30 April 1962 Closed to passengers
29 November 1965 Closed to all traffic
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Caerleon railway station is a former station serving Caerleon on the east side of the city of Newport, UK.

History

Station buildings in Caerleon on the Welsh Marches Line.

Now Caerleon Vetinary Practice.

The station was opened by the Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway on 21 December 1874.[1][2] This came after the absorption of the Pontypool company by the Great Western Railway.[3] The station closed to passengers on 30 April 1962[1][2] and to all traffic on 29 November 1965.[4][5]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Ponthir
Line open, station closed		   Great Western Railway
Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway		   Newport High Street
Line and station open

Proposed reopening

The Newport City Council unitary development plan and Sewta rail strategy set out plans for the station to be re-opened, but these plans were shelved.[6] A public consultation was launched in 2012 to gauge receptiveness for the new station. Work on a new station has been initially set for between 2016–2020.[7]

See also

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Butt 1995, p. 51.
  2. 1 2 Quick 2009, p. 110.
  3. ↑ Awdry 1990, p. 40.
  4. ↑ Clinker 1988, p. 23.
  5. ↑ Western Main Lines: Hereford to Newport. ISBN 978-1-904474-54-8.
  6. ↑ "Newport UDP" (PDF). Newport City Council. Retrieved 26 July 2006.
  7. ↑ "New Caerleon train station and Abergavenny line improvements proposed". BBC. Retrieved 9 February 2012.

Sources

  • 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. (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.
  • 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.
  • Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

Coordinates: 51°36′50.9″N 2°57′30.9″W / 51.614139°N 2.958583°W / 51.614139; -2.958583

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