Abercwmboi Halt railway station

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Abercwmboi Halt
General information
Location Abercwmboi, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Wales
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Taff Vale Railway
Pre-groupingTaff Vale Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Key dates
26 December 1904Station opens as Duffryn Crossing Platform
February 1906Station renamed Abercwmboi Platform
2 October 1922Station renamed Abercwmboi Halt
2 April 1956Station closes

Abercwmboi Halt railway station served the village of Abercwmboi in historic Glamorganshire, Wales. Opened as Duffryn Crossing Platform by the Taff Vale Railway, it became part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

Contents

The site today

Trains on the reopened Aberdare Line pass the site between Fernhill and Cwmbach stations, although there is no station at Abercwmboi now.

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References

    Preceding station Disused railways Following station
    Fernhill   Taff Vale Railway   Cwmneol Halt
       Cwmbach

    Coordinates: 51°41′17″N3°23′58″W / 51.68796°N 3.39940°W / 51.68796; -3.39940