Aberthaw High Level railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Aberthaw High Level


caption =
locale = Wales
borough = Glamorganshire
line = Vale of Glamorgan Railway
Barry Railway
owner = Great Western Railway
platforms = ?
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
years = 1 December 1897
events = Station opens as Aberthaw (Barry)
years1 = 1 July 1924
events1 = Station renamed Aberthaw High Level
years2 = 7 May 1945
events2 = Station renamed Aberthaw
years3 = 15 June 1964
events3 = Station closes Aberthaw High Level railway station was the Barry Railway station which served Aberthaw, located near the north shore of the Bristol Channel in the Welsh county of Glamorganshire.

History

Opened by the Barry Railway Company it became part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board. The line remained open to provide freight access to Aberthaw Power Station.

The site today

Trains on the reopened Vale of Glamorgan Line pass the site between Rhoose and Llantwit Major stations, although there is no station at Aberthaw now.

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