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Dowlais_(High_Street)_railway_station Latitude and Longitude:

51°45′49″N 3°20′36″W / 51.763514°N 3.343294°W / 51.763514; -3.343294
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Dowlais High Street
General information
Location Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil
Wales
Coordinates 51°45′49″N 3°20′36″W / 51.763514°N 3.343294°W / 51.763514; -3.343294
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
11 May 1885Opened
1962Closed

Dowlais High Street railway station was a station that served the village of Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales on the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway. The station closed in 1962 The site is now occupied by Station Terrace with only the steps visible. .

References

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  • Edge, David (September 2002). Abergavenny to Merthyr including the Ebbw Vale Branch. Country Railway Routes. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN  1-901706-915.
  • Hall, Mike (2009). Lost Railways of South Wales. Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN  978-1-84674-172-2.
  • Page, James (1988) [1979]. South Wales. Forgotten Railways. Vol. 8. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN  0-946537-44-5.
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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Pantysgallog (Low Level) Halt
Line and station closed
  London and North Western Railway
Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway
  Dowlais Top
Line and station closed
Dowlais Central
Line and station closed