Abercanaid railway station

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Abercanaid
General information
Location Abercanaid, Merthyr Tydfil
Wales
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway
Pre-groupingQuakers Yard and Merthyr Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 April 1886Station opens
9 September 1913Station renamed Abercanaid and Pentrebach
1 July 1924Station renamed Abercanaid
12 February 1951Station closes

Abercanaid railway station served the village of Abercanaid, 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. Abercanaid is served by the Valley Lines station at Pentre-bach, across the river.

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References

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Gethin Pit Platform   Great Western Railway
Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway
  Merthyr Tydfil High Street

Coordinates: 51°43′31″N3°22′24″W / 51.72517°N 3.37333°W / 51.72517; -3.37333