Aberdare Low Level railway station
Aberdare Low Level railway station served the town of Aberdare in Wales. Opened by the Taff Vale Railway, it became part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Railways Board in 1964 when the passengers service from Abercynon was withdrawn as a result of the Beeching Axe.
Aberdare Low Level | |
|---|---|
| Location | Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf Wales |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Aberdare Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Taff Vale Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 6 August 1846[1] | Opened as Aberdare |
| 1 July 1924[1] | Renamed |
| 16 March 1964[1] | Closed |
The site today
Aberdare is now served by Aberdare railway station, a new station opened on the site of the former high level station in 1988. The station here was demolished after the line through it closed in 1973; coal traffic from Tower Colliery at Hirwaun was then re-routed over a new connection onto the former Vale of Neath Railway line near Cwmbach to allow for the removal of the busy level crossing here. The station buildings subsequently burned down in 1982 and the site was redeveloped - it is now occupied by the town bus station.[2]
References
- Butt 1995, p. 12.
- Photo of the former Low Level Station site Thompson, Nigel - geograph.org; Retrieved 2013-09-18
Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberaman | Great Western Railway Taff Vale Railway |
Trecynon Halt |