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Varteg Walk

A quick Sunday morning walk down the old track bed, now the cycle path, from Blaenavon High level to Varteg and back.
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  • This is where the incline from the Varteg Hill collieries to the GWR branch line Blaenavon Low Level crossed over.
  • This is where the incline from the Varteg Hill collieries to the GWR branch line Blaenavon Low Level crossed over.
  • Shop Road bridge, just north of Varteg Platform
  • PBR Varteg Walk aw_lr_024
  • Shop Road bridge looking north
  • Varteg platform on the right
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  • Looking north, Varteg platform on the left
  • Just south of the station a footpath crosses the line
  • looking north to the foot bridge, the station is just round the corner
  • Looking north from the footbridge to the station, the platform can just be glimpsed on the left
  • Looking down from the footbridge onto the path
  • PBR Varteg Walk bh_lr_033
  • A long forgotten building hidden in the bushes
  • waiting for a train
  • The view from the end of the platform looking north
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  • Back at Blaenavon on the route of the Varteg Hill Branch. The mainline and trackbed are on the right, behind the shrubs and at alower level.
  • Back at Blaenavon on the route of the Varteg Hill Branch. The mainline and trackbed are on the right, behind (and under) the shrubs and at a lower level.
  • Approcahing Blaenavon High Level and the Vartegh Road bridge. On the left the cycle track, on the right the mainline, in the middle distance the BHL station building.
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