Llanbethery Platform was a short-lived railway station in the

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History

The station was one of four platforms opened on the line on 1 May 1905. They were designed to cater for the new service run by 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 stag ...

using steam railmotors. Llanbethery Platform was of a similar design to the others, consisting of a single forty-foot platform without a shelter. Passengers were confined to a fenced enclosure at the rear of the platform which was unlocked by the train guard. Like many other stations on the line, Llanbethery Platform was not situated near the village, and passengers had to descend a steep hill to reach the station.

Closure

The line between Cowbridge and Aberthaw rarely paid its way.Hall 2009, p. 89. Llanbethery Platform was closed, along with the other 'platforms' at Aberthin and St Hilary, on 12 July 1920.

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* * {{cite book , last=Hall , first=Mike , date=2009 , title=Lost Railways of South Wales , publisher=Countryside Books Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1905 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1920 Disused railway stations in the Vale of Glamorgan Former Taff Vale Railway stations