Maesteg_Castle_Street_railway_station

Maesteg Castle Street railway station

Maesteg Castle Street railway station

Disused railway station in Maesteg, Bridgend County Borough

Maesteg Castle Street railway station served the town of Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales from 1864 to 1970 on the Llynvi and Ogmore Railway.

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History

The station opened as Maesteg on 25 February 1864 by the Great Western Railway. Its name was changed to Maesteg Castle Street on 1 July 1924. It closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 22 June 1970, having been listed for closure in Dr Beechings 1963,'The Reshaping of British Railways'. School services continued until 14 July 1970.[1][2]

References

  1. [1]
    Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 269. OCLC 931112387.
  2. [2]
    "Maesteg Castle Street railway station (site), Bridgend, 1994". Geograph. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

British Railways Board (BRB), The Reshaping of British Railways: Part 1: Report (London, 1963), p.128: https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=13.

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