Aberdare Low Level railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Aberdare Low Level


caption =
locale = Aberdare
borough = Glamorgan
line = Taff Vale Railway
owner = Great Western Railway
platforms = ?
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
years = 6 August 1846
events = Station opens as Aberdare TV
years1 = 1 July 1924
events1 = Station renamed Aberdare Low Level
years2 = 16 March 1964
events2 = Station closes Aberdare Low Level railway station served the village of Aberdare in Wales. Opened by the Taff Vale Railway, it became part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today

Aberdare is now served by Aberdare railway station, a new station opened on the site of the former high level station in 1988.

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References

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1

*cite book|author=A. Jowett, |title= Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas |publisher=Atlantic Publishing |year=2000 ISBN 0 906899 99 0