Dolygaer railway station

Dolygaer railway station (alternatively, Dol-y-gaer railway station) was a station serving the hamlet of Dol-y-gaer and the area adjacent to Pen-twyn Reservoir (now incorporated into the Pontsticill Reservoir) in Powys, Wales.

Dolygaer
Location	Pontsticill Reservoir, Powys Wales
Coordinates	51.8209°N 3.3685°W
Grid reference	SO056145
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
19 March 1863	Opened
31 December 1962	Closed to passengers
4 May 1964	Closed for goods

The station was opened on 19 March 1863 when the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway opened between Brecon Free Street and Pant.[1]

The line through the station was single tracked with a platform and a single storey building, it was staffed until 1932.[2][3]

In 1866 the service through the station was 3 trains in each direction on weekdays only.[4] The line and station was closed to passengers on 31 December 1962 and to goods on 4 May 1964.[5]

The line through the station site was re-opened in 1995 by the Brecon Mountain Railway, a 1 ft 11 ³⁄₄ in (603 mm) tourist railway where they have installed a passing loop.[6][7]

The station has an adjacent cave.[8]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Torpantau Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway		Pontsticill Line and station closed

References

1. Quick 2019, pp. 147 & 475.
2. "Dolygaer". alangeorge.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
3. "Dol-y-gaer Station on OS Six-inch map Brecknockshire XL.SW (includes: Llanddeti; Llanfeugan.)". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
4. "Brecon and Merthyr Railway:Brecon and Merthyr Section". Brecon Reporter and South Wales General Advertiser. 28 July 1866. p. 1. Retrieved 19 September 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. Page 1979, p. 140.
6. Bridge 2010, map 32J.
7. "History". The Brecon Mountain Railway. The Brecon Mountain Railway. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
8. "Dolygaer Station Cave". Cambrian Caving Council. Retrieved 7 March 2017.

Bibliography

• Bridge, Mike, ed. (2010). Railway Track Diagrams: Western (5th ed.). Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-6-7.
• Page, James (1979). Forgotten Railways South Wales. David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-7734-5.
• Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2003). Brecon to Newport. Middleton Press. fig. 34. ISBN 9781904474166. OCLC 828666902.