Alberta Place Halt railway station

Alberta Place Halt
General information
Location	Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan Wales
Grid reference	ST184707
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Taff Vale Railway
Pre-grouping	Taff Vale Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
19 September 1904	Station opens as Alberta Place Platform
1 October 1923	Station renamed Alberta Place Halt
6 May 1968	Station closes
Location

Alberta Place Halt was a railway station in the Welsh county of Glamorgan.

History

The station was opened by the Taff Vale Railway, becoming part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today

The station has now been demolished. The former trackbed is a linear path and walk.

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC   22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.
• Station on navigable O.S. map

External links

• Alberta Place Halt on navigable 1947 O.S. map

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Lower Penarth		Great Western Railway Taff Vale		Penarth Town

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