Welsh Valleys

Abertillery and Ebbw Vale Lines

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

The journey begins at Bassaleg Junction and runs close to the Ebbw River in the deepening Ebbw Vale. The scenic views are interspersed by fascinating panoramas of collieries long gone, together with pictures of the varied railway architecture employed. The locomotives and trains from a bygone age are portrayed in detail, the volume forming an important record of local history.

Book Details

Author
Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith
Series
Welsh Valleys
Publisher
Middleton Press Ltd
Published
01 August 2006
Reprinted
20 June 2024
ISBN
9781904474845
Language
English
Format
Hardback
Dimensions
240 x 174 mm
General
96 Pages
120 Photographs
Large Scale Maps
Other details of local history

Stations & Locations

Stations Photo
Bassaleg Junction 1-4
Rogerstone 6-8
Tynycwm Halt 10
Risca 11-14
Lime Kiln Junction 15
Cwmcarn Colliery Branch 16
Cross Keys 17-23
Cwmcarn 24
Abercarn 25-26
Celynen South Halt 27
Celynen Colliery 28-30
Newbridge 31-33
Celynen North Halt 34-37
Crumlin Low Level 38-42
Crumlin Navigation Colliery 43
Llanhilleth Colliery 44
Llanhilleth Steam Coal Colliery 45
Llanhilleth 46-50
Aberbeeg Locomotive Shed 51-56
Aberbeeg 57-64
Six Bells Halt 65-67
Six Bells Colliery 68-69
Abertillery 70-75
Rose Heyworth Mine 76-77
Bournville Halt 78-79
Blaina 80-84
Nantyglo 85-87
Brynmawr 88-93
Marine Colliery Platform 94
Marine Colliery 95-97
Cwm 98-100
Waunllwyd Colliery Sidings 101
Victoria 102-103
Tyllwyn Halt 104-105
Ebbw Vale Steelworks 106-113
Ebbw Vale 114-115
Ebbw Vale Low Level 116-120