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Pandy railway station

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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. The station, comprising a booking office, a cloakroom and the station-master's house, was destroyed by fire in 1904.The station closed in 1958. The Owen Sheers novel Resistance used Pandy railway station as a location.

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Pandy

A465
NP7 8DR , Crucorney
Wales, United Kingdom
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