Penpergwm
A North-bound train passes the site of the former station in 2006
General information
LocationPenpergwm, Monmouthshire
Wales
Coordinates51°47′05″N 2°58′45″W / 51.7846°N 2.9793°W / 51.7846; -2.9793
Grid referenceSO325100
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNewport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
2 January 1854Opened
9 June 1958Closed

Penpergwm railway station was a former station which served the Monmouthshire, Wales, village of Penpergwm, although the community adjacent to the station was very small[1] and it could equally be said to have served the larger village of Llangattock Nigh Usk (Llangatwg Dyffryn Wysg in Welsh) which lay less than half a mile away to the east. It was located on the Welsh Marches Line between Pontypool (formerly Pontypool Road) and Abergavenny.

The former station house is now a private residence.[2]

The station closed in 1958.[3][4] The double line remains in use and carries a regular service of trains between Cardiff, Newport and Hereford.

Accidents

The station appears to have been the scene of a surprising number of accidents recorded in local newspapers:

References

  1. ^ "OS Plan 1967-1971 1:2,500". old-maps.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Road to Station House, Penpergwm". geograph.org.uk. Geograph Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  3. ^ Rogers, Mick. "70013 at Penpergwm". railwayherald.com. Railway Herald. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  4. ^ Barrie, D.S.M. (31 March 1994). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: South Wales (2nd ed.). Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-946537-69-3.
  5. ^ "Penpergwm". The Illustrated Usk Observer and Raglan Herald. 15 April 1865. hdl:10107/3081515 – via Welsh Newspapers.
  6. ^ "Penpergwm". The Illustrated Usk Observer and Raglan Herald. 15 April 1865. hdl:10107/3081515 – via Welsh Newspapers.[clarification needed]
  7. ^ "Railway Accident Near Abergavenny". South Wales Echo. 12 December 1890. hdl:10107/4232789 – via Welsh Newspapers.
  8. ^ "Railway Fatality Near Abergavenny". South Wales Daily News. 9 January 1895. hdl:10107/3733466 – via Welsh Newspapers.
  9. ^ "Fatal Accident at Penpergwm Station". South Wales Daily News. 5 September 1898. hdl:10107/3740928 – via Welsh Newspapers.
  10. ^ "Penpergwm Tragedy". Abergavenny Chronicle. 4 May 1917. hdl:10107/4122203 – via Welsh Newspapers.

Further reading

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Abergavenny Monmouth Road
   Great Western Railway
Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway 		  Nantyderry
Line open, station closed
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