Hengoed railway station
Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox station Hengoed railway station serves the village of Hengoed in the county borough of Caerphilly, South Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network.
History
The current station was initially named Hengoed & Maesycwmmer when opened by the Rhymney Railway in 1858. Then on railway grouping into the Great Western Railway in 1923 it became known as Hengoed Low Level to avoid confusion.[1]
Hengoed High Level railway station
Immediately adjacent, and crossing Hengoed Low Level was another station which originally shared the name Hengoed & Maesycwmmer, serving the Taff Vale Extension from Pontypool to Quakers Yard (and ultimately Template:Rws). This station was renamed in 1923 to Hengoed High Level.[1] The High Level station was immediately at the end of the Hengoed Viaduct, which carried the line across the Rhymney valley to Maesycwmmer. It was closed in June 1964. The line is disused, but the viaduct has been restored and is now part of the National Cycle Network. Some remains of the platforms have also been preserved.
Maesycwmmer railway station
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The towns shared a third railway station on the former Rumney Railway, which on amalgamation with the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway was called Maesycwmmer & Hengoed. In 1923 it was renamed simply Maesycwmmer.
Services
The Monday to Saturday daytime service pattern is four trains an hour southbound to Template:Stnlnk: three continue to Template:Stnlnk and one to Template:Stnlnk. Northbound four trains an hour run to Template:Stnlnk with two of those continuing to Template:Stnlnk. The frequency decreases in the evening.
On Sundays, the service pattern is one train an hour southbound to Template:Stnlnk and Template:Stnlnk, and one an hour northbound to Template:Stnlnk.[2]
| Preceding station | National Rail National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ystrad Mynach | style="background:#Template:KAW colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Transport for Wales Rhymney Line |
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ReferencesExternal links
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- ↑ a b The GWR Handbook 1923-1947 by David Wragg, Sutton Publishing, 2006. Template:ISBN
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