Aberfan railway station

Aberfan railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Aberfan


caption =
locale = Aberfan
borough = Mid Glamorgan
line = Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway
manager = Great Western Railway / Rhymney Railway Joint
owner = Great Western Railway
platforms = ?
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
years = 1 April 1886
events = Station opens
years1 = January 1902
events1 = Station renamed Aberfan for Merthyr Vale
years2 = by July 1932
events2 = Station renamed Aberfan
years3 = 12 February 1951
events3 = Station closes Aberfan railway station served the village of Aberfan, near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. Opened by the Quakers Yard & Merthyr Railway, a joint Great Western Railway / Rhymney Railway Joint operation, it became part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was closed by them three years later.

The site today

The site is now on the route of the Taff Trail. Aberfan is served by the Valley Lines station at Merthyr Vale, across the river.

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


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