Aberfan | |
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General information | |
Location | Aberfan, Merthyr Tydfil Wales |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway |
Pre-grouping | Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
1 April 1886 | Station opens |
January 1902 | Station renamed Aberfan for Merthyr Vale |
by July 1932 | Station renamed Aberfan |
12 February 1951 | Station closes to passengers |
1 November 1954 | closed completely |
Aberfan railway station served the village of Aberfan, 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 to passengers in 1951.
The railway station now has a new housing estate built on it in 2018
The site is now on the route of the Taff Trail. Aberfan is served by the Valley Lines station at Merthyr Vale, across the river.
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Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Troed-y-Rhiw Halt | Great Western Railway Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway | Merthyr Vale Miners Platform |
Coordinates: 51°41′21″N3°20′39″W / 51.68918°N 3.34423°W