Abernant railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Abernant


caption =
locale = Wales
borough = Glamorgan
line = Vale of Neath Railway
owner = Great Western Railway
platforms = ?
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
years = November 1854
events = Station opens
years1 = 31 December 1962
events1 = Station closes Abernant railway station served the village of Abernant in Wales. Served by the Vale of Neath railway, the station lay at the other end of the 2497 yard Merthyr Tunnel from Merthyr Tydfil.

History

Opened by the Vale of Neath Railway, it became part of the Great Western Railway in 1865. The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was then closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today

The platform remains on the now overgrown site. [http://www.abgs.org.uk/reunionalbum/Visits2003/Abernant1.htm]

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
* Abernant station in 1962 [http://archive.rhondda-cynon-taf.gov.uk/treorchy/image.php?i=38048&r=2&t=4&x=1]