Aberfan railway station

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Aberfan
General information
Location Aberfan, 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
January 1902Station renamed Aberfan for Merthyr Vale
by July 1932Station renamed Aberfan
12 February 1951Station closes to passengers
1 November 1954closed 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 site today

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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References

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
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 / 51.68918; -3.34423