308:. The link was 1 mile 10.75 chains (1.826 km) from a point 410 yards (370 m) north of Nantyglo's booking office to a junction with the LNWR line, 150 yards (140 m) to the west of Brynmawr station. Although the official opening took place on 30 June 1905, it was not until 28 May 1906 that it was authorised to open. The new line, which was on a 1 in 47 gradient fall towards Nantyglo, was jointly worked by the Great Western and the LNWR, with traffic exchanged between the two companies at Nantyglo. The link created the third route from Newport to Brynmawr, it also being possible to travel via
296:'s tramroad at Coalbrook Vale, passenger services were not extended beyond Nantyglo Gate at Blaina. It was only after agreement was reached in June 1858 with the two brothers that the Monmouthshire Railway was authorised to establish a station in their territory. Nantyglo station opened on 16 May 1859 and was the terminus of the line from Aberbeeg until 1906 when the Brynmawr and Western Valleys Railway opened to provide a link with
332:. Passenger and goods services were withdrawn from the station on 30 April 1962. The line was progressively shortened as colleries were closed, with official closure of the section between Brynmawr and Coalbrookvale including Nantyglo coming on 4 November 1963. The last section of the route near Abertillery was taken out of use in 1989 after the closure of
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895:Abertillery and Ebbw Vale Lines
786:. Cwmbran: Village Publishing.
855:. Newbury: Countryside Books.
836:. Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan.
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241:Among the lines built by the
1011:1859 establishments in Wales
853:Lost Railways of South Wales
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