New Tredegar (excl.) - Rhymney (Lower)
Date Closed to Passenger Services
14 Apr 1930
Mileage Closed
2m 31c
Stations Closed
Abertysswg; Rhymney (Lower)*
Services Operated
Newport/Maesycwmmer & Hengoed - Rhymney (Lower)
Timetable Reference
B1153 Aug 1929 86
Cobb Atlas Reference
140 14 03 - 12 06
Present Status
Dismantled
Map
RCH South Wales 1926
Further Notes
OCD - Mon 14/04/1930 - PNM 1980 p78. LTR - Fri 11/04/1930 presumably, due to a landslip at New Tredegar Colliery on that day, though the exact time the blockage occurred is not known- The Brecon & Merthyr Railway OL13 OP 1991 p118/131.
*Opened as Rhymney; RN Rhymney & Pontlottyn 01/09/1905; RN Rhymney (Pwll Uchaf) 01/07/1924; RN Rhymney (Lower) 26/09/1926.
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