Pandy railway station
Pandy | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Pandy, Monmouthshire Wales |
| Coordinates | 51°54′03″N 2°57′54″W / 51.9008°N 2.9651°W |
| Grid reference | SO33702292 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 2 January 1854 | Opened |
| 9 June 1958 | Closed[1] |
Pandy railway station was a railway station which served the Monmouthshire village of Pandy. It was located on the Welsh Marches Line between Hereford and Abergavenny.
On 25 March 1855 shortly after leaving Pandy, a stoker on a train, Evan Jones aged 18 went round the engine to lubricate some of the mechanism when his leg hit an iron girder of a bridge.[2] He fell and the wheels passed over his right arm. He was transported to Hereford Infirmary where his arm was amputated but he died two days later[3]
The station, comprising a booking office, a cloakroom and the station-master's house, was destroyed by fire in 1904.[4]
The station closed in 1958.
The Owen Sheers novel Resistance used Pandy railway station as a location.
References
[edit]- ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 331. OCLC 931112387.
- ^ "Accident at Pandy on 25 March 1855 :: The Railways Archive". railwaysarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ "Fatal Railway Accident". Worcester Journal. England. 31 March 1855. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Alarming Fire at Pandy". Evening Express. 24 August 1904. hdl:10107/4144782 – via Welsh Newspapers.
Further reading
[edit]- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2005). Hereford to Newport. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 37-44. ISBN 978-1-904474-54-8. OCLC 318952259.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontrilas Line open, station closed |
Great Western Railway Welsh Marches line |
Llanvihangel Line open, station closed | ||