Church Village Halt railway station was a small halt on the

Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway The Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway was a railway company that constructed a standard gauge line in South Wales, connecting Llantrisant and the Taff Vale Railway near Treforest. It ran through thinly populated country, and linked to a ...

.Chapman, C (1996) The Llantrisant Branches of the Taff Vale Railway. The Oakwood Press. The station was just south of the crossroads in the village on the road to Efail Isaf. The station consisted of a single platform and station buildings to the immediate west of Station Road, which crossed the railway on a small bridge. To the immediate east of the bridge were sidings and a tramway to Taff Llantwit colliery. A signal box operated the sidings at the site.

Modern day

The site of the station is now covered with housing development. The area of the sidings to the east of the station is open ground used for keeping animals. No trace remains of the tramway and colliery being built over in 2006–2007 with modern housing, though even before this little trace existed.

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Disused railway stations in Rhondda Cynon Taf Former Taff Vale Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1887 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1952 {{Wales-railstation-stub