Pandy railway station

Pandy
General information
LocationPandy, Monmouthshire
Wales
Coordinates51°54′03″N 2°57′54″W / 51.9008°N 2.9651°W / 51.9008; -2.9651
Grid referenceSO33702292
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNewport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
2 January 1854 (1854-01-02)Opened
9 June 1958 (1958-06-09)Closed[1]
Location

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

  1. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 331. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ^ "Accident at Pandy on 25 March 1855 :: The Railways Archive". railwaysarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Fatal Railway Accident". Worcester Journal. England. 31 March 1855. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Alarming Fire at Pandy". Evening Express. 24 August 1904. hdl:10107/4144782 – via Welsh Newspapers.

Further reading

  • 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
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