Abergavenny railway station () is situated south-east of the town centre of Abergavenny, Wales. It is part of the British railway system owned by Network Rail and is operated by Transport for Wales. It lies on the Welsh Marches Line between Newport and Hereford. Abergavenny lies at the eastern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park and provides an access point to local services and public transport into the park. The station is Grade II listed and was designed by Charles Liddell, in an Italianate architectural style when he was Chief Engineer of the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway. History The station, designed by Charles Liddell, Chief Engineer of the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway (NA&HR), is in an Italianate architecture style in a local pink semi-ashlar sandstone with natural slate roofs and stone stacks. The down platform building is stone with a timber-framed front and a natural slate roof. The footbridge comprises cast iron columns of typical GWR design which support the stairways and the two spans. The span over the now removed by-pass freight lines is the wrought iron lattice girder original but the main span over the running tracks was replaced by a steel plate-girder in the late 20th century. The NA&HR amalgamated with other railways in 1860 to form the West Midland Railway, which itself amalgamated with the Great Western Railway in 1863. The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. In 1950, the station was renamed Abergavenny Monmouth Road, but reverted to its simple name in 1968. When sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Railways. Stationmasters In 1913 the body of station master Thomas Jones was found in the River Usk at Llanellan. He was said to have been suffering from depression but his state of mind was not confirmed as the cause of death at the inquest. Frederick Corran Barrett 1864 - 1874 (formerly station master at Ledbury, afterwards station master at Bridgnorth) Joshua John Baugh 1874 - 1884 Fred Angle 1884 - 1896 (afterwards station master at Totnes) Ernest C. Peglar until 1900 (afterwards station master at Ross) Thomas Jones 1900 -1913 (formerly station master at Hereford Barton) Sidney Earle Loveridge 1921 - 1924 (formerly station master at Great Malvern, afterwards station master at Cheltenham) George Edwin Howell 1928 - 1936 (afterwards station master at Stroud)