Rhydyfelin (High Level) Halt railway station once served the village of
Rhydyfelin in
South Wales
South Wales ( cy, De Cymru) is a loosely defined region of Wales bordered by England to the east and mid Wales to the north. Generally considered to include the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, south Wales extends westwards ...
.
History
The station opened in 1904 on the
Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway to cater to the new
railmotor service on the line. As opened, it consisted of a single ground-level wooden platform made of old sleepers and a
level crossing, also at ground-level. In 1922, the station was renamed to avoid confusion with the similarly named halt on the former
Cardiff Railway
From 1839 the Trustees of the Marquis of Bute, operated a large dock operation in Cardiff, the "Bute Docks". This was very successful, but was overwhelmed by the huge volume of coal exported through Cardiff. At the same time it was seen that ra ...
, which subsequently became
Rhydyfelin (Low Level) Halt. In 1928, the original halt was closed and a new one was built at . This had two wooden platforms and a corrugated tin shelter.
Closure
The halt closed in 1953 and no trace of it remains. The trackbed is now part of the Treforest-Nantgarw
cycleway.
[Hutton 1996, p.77]
Notes
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References
*J. Hutton (1996) ''The Newport Docks & Railway Company''. Silver Link Publishing
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1904
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1953
Former Great Western Railway stations
Disused railway stations in Rhondda Cynon Taf