Closed Stations Journey quiz

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Three Cocks Junction

 

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Hay-on-Wye

 

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Glasbury on Wye first then Hay

Whitney on Wye

 

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Glasbury on Wye first then Hay

Whitney on Wye

Oh dear..we appear to be at odds again. from Three Cocks Junction, on the Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway, my records show Hay-on-Wye then Milhalf.

What was the name of the railway that Glasbury-on-Wye and Whitney-on-Wye were situated on ?

 

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Hereford Hay and Brecon

Milhalf and Whitney look to be the same station - wiki calls it Milhalf but the summer 1949 Western Region time table has Whitney on Wye. The OS map of around the same date shows only one station. It shows also an (unnamed) station at Glasbury

A Railway Clearing House map of 1905 calls it Whitney on the Wye

Anyway Eardisley comes next

 

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I concur with the OS map, having spent some time away in the depth of my archives.


Kinnersley

 

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Moorhampton

 

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There was a private station called West Moor after Moorhampton, but whilst I am unsure of its actual usage, I will continue with....


Credenhill

 

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Hereford Barton

 

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Tram Inn

 

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St Devereux

 

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Pontrilas

 

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Pandy

 

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Oh dear..we appear to be at odds again. from Three Cocks Junction, on the Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway, my records show Hay-on-Wye then Milhalf.

What was the name of the railway that Glasbury-on-Wye and Whitney-on-Wye were situated on ?

Hereford Hay and Brecon

Milhalf and Whitney look to be the same station - wiki calls it Milhalf but the summer 1949 Western Region time table has Whitney on Wye. The OS map of around the same date shows only one station. It shows also an (unnamed) station at Glasbury

A Railway Clearing House map of 1905 calls it Whitney on the Wye...

Glad to see you boys are playing nicely again. Having had one or two issues regarding wikipedia i also found this most useful.
http://www.s-r-s.org.uk/railref.php#letter-codes

It shows this: Rail Reference code MR390

[B]Hereford, Hay & Brecon Line[/B]

    -0m12c Barton & Brecon Curve Junction GW834
    0m00c GWR/MR boundary
    0m24c Moorfields Junction MR391
    4m10c Credenhill
    6m66c West Moor
    8m33c Moorhampton
    11m57c Kinnersley
    13m38c Eardisley Junction GW832
    13m43c Eardisley
    16m50c Whitney-on-the-Wye
    20m19c Hay Junction GW431
    20m42c Hay
    24m46c Glasbury-on-Wye
    25m50c Glasbury Junction CM034 

1891 OS map shows mileposts dualled from Hereford and Swansea.

We continue with Llanvihangel

 

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Abergavenny Junction

 

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Abergavenny Brecon Road

 

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Govilon

 

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Seemingly the two signal boxes in the area omitted the letter 'L' from the name.

Gilwern Halt

 

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Clydach

 

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Gelli Fellen Halt

 

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Brynmawr

 

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I could be wrong here, but...

Six Bells Halt (closed 1912)

Not to be confused with the station of the same name on the Western Valleys line near to Aberbeeg.

 

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Waunafon

 

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Garn-yr-Erw

 

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Varteg......allowing for the intermediate section open as a heritage railway.


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I could be wrong here, but...

Six Bells Halt (closed 1912)

Not to be confused with the station of the same name on the Western Valleys line near to Aberbeeg.

That station, also known as Garndiffaith, was the next closed station after Varteg.....You may be interested to know that another station with the name of Six Bells Halt is one of the closed stations on the final line traversed on this journey (MONMOUTHSHIRE RAILWAY AND CANAL COMPANY)...but not unfortunately that will be named on this particular quiz as it was on the branch that bifurcated away.

 

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Garndiffaith

 

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Abersychan and Talywain

 

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Pentwyn

 

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That station, also known as Garndiffaith, was the next closed station after Varteg

I found this Six Bells Halt here: http://www.s-r-s.org.uk/RailRef/ref-nw.php#246 which puts it as mentioned. Any further clarification on the station would be useful; it seems to be a popular name in the Valleys.

[B]Abersychan & Talywain Branch [/B]
0m00c Brynmawr No.1 Junction [COLOR="Red"]NW240[/COLOR]
2m02c Waenavon
2m11c Waenavon Junction [COLOR="Red"]NW244[/COLOR]
2m68c Garn-y-Erw
3m41c Furnace Siding
4m17c Tyre Mill Siding
4m56c Blaenavon
4m60c Blaenavon Junction [COLOR="red"]NW245[/COLOR]
  Varteg Halt
  Garndiffaith Halt
  Garndiffaith Junction [COLOR="red"]NW246[/COLOR]  
Abersychan & Talywain 

(1) Six Bells Halt until 1912 1886 OS map shows a 2 milepost from Brynmawr just north of Waenavon station.

Pentre Piod Halt

 

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Pentrepiod Halt....a spelling variation of the name that was used sometimes