Llantwit Fardre railway station

Llantwit Fardre
Location
Place Llantwit Fardre
Area Rhondda Cynon Taf
Coordinates 51°33′31″N 3°19′56″W / 51.5586°N 3.3321°W / 51.5586; -3.3321Coordinates: 51°33′31″N 3°19′56″W / 51.5586°N 3.3321°W / 51.5586; -3.3321
Grid reference ST077852
Operations
Original company Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Taff Vale Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 1
History
21 January 1875 (1875-01-21) Station opened as Llantwit
8 October 1936 Renamed Llantwit Fardre
31 March 1952 (1952-03-31) Station closed
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Llantwit Fardre was a station on the Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway.[1]

The station consisted of a single platform and station buildings. A small bridge crossed over Crown Hill to the west of the station followed by the Dyffryn Red Ash Colliery sidings and a spur to Cwm Colliery. There were numerous tramways for coal workings in this area. One of the sidings consisted of a weigh bridge. To the west of the station existed sidings for the Dyffryn Red Ash Colliery.

Modern Day

No trace of the railway station and track exist anymore. The railway bridge to the west on Crown Hill of the station was removed in the 1990s. The Dyffryn Red Ash Colliery sidings have now been built upon and no traces of the tramways exist.

References

  1. Chapman, C (1996) The Llantrisant Branches of the Taff Vale Railway. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-481-4

External links

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Church Village
Line and station closed
  Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway
Pontypridd-Llantrisant
  Beddau Halt
Line and station closed


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