- Church Village Halt railway station
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Church Village Halt Location Place Church Village Area Rhondda Cynon Taf Coordinates 51°33′51″N 3°19′09″W / 51.5641°N 3.3193°WCoordinates: 51°33′51″N 3°19′09″W / 51.5641°N 3.3193°W Grid reference ST086858 Operations Original company Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway Pre-grouping Taff Vale Railway Post-grouping Great Western Railway Platforms 1 History 1 October 1887 Station opened as Church Village 14 March 1932 Renamed Church Village Halt 31 March 1952 Station closed Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–ZChurch Village Halt railway station was a small halt on the Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway.[1] The station was just south of the crossroads in the village on the road to Efail Isaf.
The station consisted of a single platform and station buildings to the immediate west of Station Road, which crossed the railway on a small bridge. To the immediate east of the bridge were sidings and a tramway to Taff Llantwit colliery. A signal box operated the sidings at the site.
Modern Day
The station buildings existed until recently but have now been built on with housing development. The area of the sidings to the east of the station are open ground used for keeping animals. No trace remains of the tramway and colliery being built over in 2006-2007 with modern housing, though even before this little trace existed.
References
- ^ Chapman, C (1996) The Llantrisant Branches of the Taff Vale Railway. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0 85361 4814
External links
Preceding station Disused railways Following station Tonteg Halt
Line and station closedLlantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway
Pontypridd-LlantrisantLlantwit Fardre
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Categories:- Disused railway stations in Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Former Taff Vale Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1887
- Railway stations closed in 1952
- Wales railway station stubs
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