Cwm
Station site in 1990.
General information
Location	Cwm,Blaenau Gwent Wales
Coordinates	51°44′30″N3°10′56″W / 51.7417°N 3.1822°W /51.7417; -3.1822
Grid reference	SO184055
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
19 April 1852 (1852-04-19)	Opened
30 April 1962	Closed to passengers
4 November 1963	Closed to goods traffic
Location

Cwm railway station served the village ofCwm inMonmouthshire, Wales.^[1]

The station was originally opened by theMonmouthshire Railway and Canal Company on 19 April 1852.^[2][3] It became part of theGreat Western Railway in 1880^[4] and remained there at theGrouping of 1923.^[5] The line then passed on to theWestern Region of British Railways onnationalisation in 1948. The station was closed to passengers by theBritish Transport Commission on 30 April 1962,^[2][3] remaining open for goods traffic until 4 November 1963.^[6]

A new station on theEbbw Valley Railway, which would serve the community ofCwm, South Wales has been proposed.^[7] Planning permission has not yet been granted, and the station was not included in the first stage of the line reopening plan, which created a passenger service betweenCardiff Central andEbbw Vale Parkway in 2008.^[8]

• South Wales Metro
• Transport for Wales
• Proposed railway stations in Wales

• Awdry, Christopher (1990).Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.ISBN 1-8526-0049-7.OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995).The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.).Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7.OCLC 60251199.OL 11956311M.
• Clinker, C. R. (1988) [1978].Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1980 (2nd ed.). Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications & Services.ISBN 978-0-905466-91-0.OCLC 655703233.
• Conolly, W. Philip (2004) [1958].British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer. Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan.ISBN 978-0-7110-0320-0.
• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001].Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford:Railway & Canal Historical Society.ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5.OCLC 612226077.

• Proposals for Cwm station
• Archive of Ebbw Valley Railway Scheme website (Blaenau Gwent council, 2008)

• Disused railway stations in Blaenau Gwent
• Former Great Western Railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1852
• Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1962
• Proposed railway stations in Wales
• 1852 establishments in the United Kingdom
• 1852 establishments in Wales
• 1963 disestablishments in Wales

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