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Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway |
NP4 9SF Blaenavon, Great Britain (UK) (Wales) |
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| Address |
The Railway Station
Furnace sidings Garn Yr Erw |
| Floor area | unfortunately not known yet |
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Opening times
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Weekends between spring and September | ||||
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Status from 03/2018
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We don't know the fees. | ||||
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| Homepage | pontypool-and-blaenavon.co.uk/#/home | ||||
| Location / Directions |
The station is just off the B4248 at Garn-yr-Erw between Brynmawr and Blaenavon. For Sat Nav use NP4 9SF which will bring you to the houses at the end of our access road. Head down to the station where you will find ample free parking. By car: From the east on the M4, leave at junction 25A and head for Pontypool. You will pick up signs for Big Pit Museum follow these until you near Blaenavon when you will see brown train signs – follow these to our station. From the west on the M4, leave at junction 26 and head for Pontypool. You will pick up signs for Big Pit Museum follow these until you near Blaenavon when you will see brown train signs – follow these to our station. From the Heads of the Valleys road leave at the roundabout for Brynmawr and follow the brown train signs. |
| Description | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: The line is the highest preserved standard-gauge line in the United Kingdom, and also uniquely having the only standard-gauge rail-over-rail bridge within preservation. Visitor attraction The railway between Furnace Sidings and Whistle Inn Halt was opened to visitors in 1983. It runs every weekend between spring and September. There is also a selection of special weekends through the spring and summer, daily (with the exceptions of Monday and Fridays) in August, as well as Santa Specials nearing Christmas. The railway did not increase its length of track for a quarter century after its opening, but increased as a going concern, with a larger number of volunteers, a larger amount of operational rolling stock, and more definite plans for the railway's future. Steam Locomotives Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST No. WD71515 "Mech Navvies" built in 1945. [18] Operational. Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST "Rosyth No. 1" built in 1914. Operational, overhaul completed in 2014. GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT No. 9629 built 1945. Undergoing overhaul. Andrew Barclay 0-6-0ST No. 2074 "Llantarnam Abbey" built in 1939. Undergoing overhaul. Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST No. 1260 "Forester" built in 1911. Donated by Newport City Council, it had previously been on static display in Newport.[19] Undergoing overhaul off site at Williton on the West Somerset Railway Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. 0-4-0ST No. 1823 "Harry" built in 1924. Stored awaiting overhaul. Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST No. 2015 "Tom Parry". built in 1935. Stored awaiting overhaul. Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST No. 2201 "Victory" built in 1945. Stored awaiting overhaul. 1680 Avonside Engine Company 0-6-0ST 'Sir John' Built 1914 - Owned by Vale of Neath Railway. Stored awaiting overhaul. Sentinel Waggon Works 4wVBT No. 9622 built in 1958. Stored. Diesel Locomotives BR Co-Co Class 37 No. 37 216 (D6916) Nearing end of restoration back into early BR green. BR Co-Co Class 31 No. 31 203 (D5627) 'Steve Organ G.M' operational in early BR green[20] British Rail Class 03 No. 03 141. ex Swansea Vale Railway.[21] Stored. Hudswell Clarke 0-4-0DH NCB DL16. Stored. Hudswell Clarke 0-4-0DH No. 1344. Operational. Wickham 6947. Under Restoration Hunslet 0-8-0DH No. 170 "Ebbw". Undergoing restoration. Hunslet 0-6-0DM No. 5511. Operational. Diesel Multiple Units BR Class 108 DMCL No. W50632 Stored. In BR Blue/Grey livery. Built in 1958. BR Class 108 DMCL No. W52044 Stored. In BR Blue/Grey livery. Built in 1960. BR Class 117 DMS No. 51351. Undergoing restoration. In green with cream 'whisker' livery BR Class 117 DMS No. 51397. Undergoing restoration. In green with cream 'whisker' livery |
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