Big Pit Halt railway station

Big Pit Halt railway station is a railway station on the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway heritage line, adjacent to Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales.

Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Railway station
Description: railway station in Torfaen, Wales, UK
Also known as: “Big Pit halt”, “Big Pit Halt”, and “Big Pit Halt Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Big Pit National Coal Museum and Blaenavon Ironworks.

Big Pit National Coal Museum

Museum

Photo: Arafi, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Big Pit National Coal Museum is an industrial heritage museum in Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales. A working coal mine from 1880 to 1980, it was opened to the public in 1983 as a charitable trust called the Big Pit Trust. Big Pit National Coal Museum is situated 780 feet south of Big Pit Halt railway station.

Blaenavon Ironworks

Museum

Photo: Alan Stanton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blaenavon Ironworks, officially spelled Blaenafon Ironworks since 2024, is a former industrial site which is now a museum in Blaenavon, Wales. The ironworks was of crucial importance in the development of the ability to use cheap, low quality, high sulphur iron ores worldwide. Blaenavon Ironworks is situated 3,700 feet east of Big Pit Halt railway station.

Coity Mountain

Peak

Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coity Mountain is a flat-topped mountain in the South Wales Valleys, between Blaenavon and Abertillery. The highest points of both Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent unitary authorities are at the summit of Coity Mountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blaenavon and Pwll Du.

Blaenavon

Photo: Alan Stanton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blaenavon is a town in Torfaen, South Wales. The Blaenavon Industrial Landscape has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Pwll Du

Locality

Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pwll Du was a village in Monmouthshire, Wales. It was declared a slum in 1960 and demolished in 1963. The main employment was provided by nearby limestone quarries and by the iron works in Blaenavon. Pwll Du is situated 1½ miles north of Big Pit Halt railway station.

Cwmtillery

Village

Photo: Martin Ridley, Public domain.

Cwmtillery is a ward of Abertillery. Located within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, it is part of the administrative area of the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, Wales. Cwmtillery is situated 2½ miles southwest of Big Pit Halt railway station.

Big Pit Halt railway station

Categories: station and transportation
Location: Blaenavon, Torfaen County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.77398° or 51° 46′ 26″ north

Longitude

-3.1049° or 3° 6′ 18″ west

Open location code

9C3RQVFW+H2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 591817573

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

Wikidata ID

Q4906131

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“Big Pit Halt railway station” goes by many names.

Dutch: “station Big Pit Halt”
French: “Big Pit”
Welsh: “Arhosfa Big Pit”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Coity House (Doncasters Ltd) and Electricity Power House, C Row (NW Side).

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