Church Village Halt railway station

Church Village Halt
Site of the station in 1990
General information
Location	Church Village, Rhondda Cynon Taf Wales
Coordinates	51°33′51″N3°19′09″W / 51.5641°N 3.3193°W / 51.5641; -3.3193
Grid reference	ST086858
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Taff Vale Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 October 1887 (1887-10-01)	Station opened as Church Village
14 March 1932	Renamed Church Village Halt
31 March 1952 (1952-03-31)	Station closed [1]
Location

Church Village Halt railway station was a small halt on the Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway. ^[2] The station was just south of the crossroads in the village on the road to Efail Isaf.

The station consisted of a single platform and station buildings to the immediate west of Station Road, which crossed the railway on a small bridge. To the immediate east of the bridge were sidings and a tramway to Taff Llantwit colliery. A signal box operated the sidings at the site.

Modern day

The site of the station is now covered with housing development. The area of the sidings to the east of the station is open ground used for keeping animals. No trace remains of the tramway and colliery being built over in 2006–2007 with modern housing, though even before this little trace existed.

References

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 126. OCLC   931112387.
2. Chapman, C (1996) The Llantrisant Branches of the Taff Vale Railway. The Oakwood Press. ISBN   0-85361-481-4

External links

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Tonteg Halt Line and station closed		Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway Pontypridd-Llantrisant		Llantwit Fardre Line and station closed