Glan-y-Llyn railway station is a disused railway station in Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales.

History

The station was opened in 1911 by the Cardiff Railway. It lay near to the junction with the

Taff Vale Railway The Taff Vale Railway (TVR) was a standard gauge railway in South Wales, built by the Taff Vale Railway Company to serve the iron and coal industries around Merthyr Tydfil and to connect them with docks in Cardiff. It was opened in st ...

, at Taffs Well station. It served Glan-y-Llyn, a district of Taffs Well. Glan-y-Llyn was a substantial structure, comprising a brick station building, two platforms linked by a footbridge, a signal box (which opened in 1909), and a large goods shed which lay to the south of the passenger facilities. The Great Western Railway, in response to the slim profits of the line, closed the signal box in 1927, and the 'down' platform was taken out of use in 1928. The section of track on which the station lay was later reopened as a freight-only link, providing access to

Nantgarw Colliery Nantgarw Colliery was a coal mine and later developed Coking coal works, located in the village on Nantgarw, Mid Glamorgan, Wales located just north of Cardiff. Opened in 1910, it closed in 1986. The site is now redeveloped as the industrial estat ...

, surviving until 1988.

After Closure

The station building still stands and is now in use as a private residence. The structure has been considerably altered.Hutton, J. An Illustrated History of Cardiff Docks, Volume 3. Silver Link. 2009. p.49

References

{{reflist Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1911 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1931 Disused railway stations in Cardiff Former Cardiff Railway stations 1911 establishments in Wales 1931 disestablishments in Wales