Английская Википедия:Clydach railway station
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Clydach railway station was a station on the London and North Western Railway's Heads of the Valleys line near the village of Clydach in the Welsh county of Brecknockshire.Шаблон:Sfnp
History
The first section of the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway from Abergavenny to Шаблон:Rws was opened on 29 September 1862.Шаблон:Sfnp The line was leased and operated by the London and North Western Railway (L&NWR) which acquired the smaller railway company on 30 June 1866.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp The L&NWR was itself amalgamated into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the 1923 Grouping.Шаблон:Sfnp
Clydach opened in December 1863 and first appeared in Bradshaw in January 1864, Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp The station was situated below a quarry-scarred mountainside at the top of which were houses bordered by rock and scree situated ominously near the edge.Шаблон:Sfnp The station was east of Clydach Viaduct composed of eight semi-circular arches built of old red sandstone with Шаблон:Convert spans on a curve of Шаблон:Convert radius at a gradient of 1 in 38.Шаблон:Sfnp The viaduct, which is Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert high with Шаблон:Convert between the parapets, was designed by Gardner to carry the line over the Clydach Gorge and the Clydach Stream.Шаблон:Sfnp The distance between the parapets was increased to Шаблон:Convert when the line was doubled in 1877.Шаблон:Sfnp To the west of the station was the twin-bore Clydach Tunnel (Down Шаблон:Convert; Up Шаблон:Convert).Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp
The station had two platforms; on the Up platform was a station building of generous proportions constructed of locally sourced limestone.Шаблон:Sfnp A private siding served the Clydach and Abergavenny Lime and Stone Company which operated a nearby limestone quarry and lime kilns supplying the Clydach Ironworks.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp[1] The company used its own private owner wagons.Шаблон:Sfnp The siding trailed off upwards to the north-east at the western end of the viaduct where a weighing machine and office were installed in the fork of the junction.Шаблон:Sfnp Opposite the weighing machine was a signal box built in 1898.Шаблон:Sfnp The works closed in Шаблон:Circa after which goods facilities were withdrawn from Clydach on 2 May 1938.Шаблон:Sfnp[1]
Decline in local industry and the costs of working the line between Abergavenny and Merthyr led to the cessation of passenger services on 4 January 1958.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp The last public service over the line was an SLS railtour on 5 January 1958 hauled by LNWR 0-8-0 49121 and LNWR Webb Coal Tank No. 58926].Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp Official closure came on 6 January.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:SfnpШаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp
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Present
Parts of the platforms and the station house have survived and are divided between two private owners.Шаблон:Sfnp The trackbed near the station is part of National Cycle Route 46.Шаблон:Sfnp
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