St Athan Road railway station served the village of St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales.

History

The station was built by the

Cowbridge and Aberthaw Railway Cowbridge ( cy, Y Bont-faen) is a market town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, approximately west of the centre of Cardiff. The Cowbridge with Llanblethian community and civil parish elect a town council. A Cowbridge electoral ward exists for ...

, and opened along with the line on 1 October 1892. As with St Mary Church Road, the preceding station on the line, St Athan Road was not very near the village it served, lying about a mile to the east. It also saw traffic from

Llancadle Llancadle ( cy, Llancatal) is a rural village south-west of Barry near Rhoose in the Vale of Glamorgan, in Wales. Llancadle is located near the international airport for Wales, Cardiff International Airport. It has what used to be a pub ...

Aberthaw Aberthaw ( cy, Aberddawan) is an area containing the villages of East Aberthaw and West Aberthaw, on the coast of South Wales about west of Barry. It is home to Aberthaw Cement Works, Aberthaw Lime Works, and Aberthaw Power Station, a coal power ...

and Gileston. From the start, St Athan Road was little-used. The line had been built with the intention of serving a new port at Aberthaw. When the plans for the port were abandoned, the Cowbridge and Aberthaw Railway fell swiftly into financial trouble and had to be absorbed by the Taff Vale Railway in 1895. St Athan Road closed on 5 May 1930. The station staff were withdrawn and their remaining duties were transferred to the staff of Gileston station.

Crime

Two thefts occurred at St Athan Road in 1906. In March of that year, four and a half pence was stolen. In June, the stationmaster's watch was stolen.

Similarly named stations

For at least part of its life, Gileston railway station on the

Vale of Glamorgan Line The Vale of Glamorgan Line ( cy, Llinell Bro Morgannwg) is a commuter railway line in Wales, running through the Vale of Glamorgan from Barry to Bridgend, via Rhoose and Llantwit Major. Route The Barry branch starts at Cardiff West and ru ...

was known as 'Gileston for St Athan'. The

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...

opened St. Athan railway station (St Athan Halt until 1943) in 1939 to serve RAF St Athan. Like St Athan Road, this station was not close to the village either.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Athan Road railway station Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1930 Disused railway stations in the Vale of Glamorgan Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1892 Former Taff Vale Railway stations St Athan