Incline Top railway station

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Top of the Incline
General information
Location Treharris, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Wales
Coordinates 51°39′03″N3°19′05″W / 51.650885°N 3.3181774°W / 51.650885; -3.3181774 Coordinates: 51°39′03″N3°19′05″W / 51.650885°N 3.3181774°W / 51.650885; -3.3181774
Grid reference ST089955
Platforms2?
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Taff Vale Railway
Key dates
1846Opens as Incline Top
May 1849Renamed Top of the Incline
1 January 1858Closed

Incline Top railway station, later Top of the Incline was a short-lived early railway station on the Taff Vale Railway in South Wales, located at Penlocks, Treharris.

The station was on the original section of the line between Abercynon and Quakers Yard, which was to the left of the present-day line. The eponymous Incline was a steep gradient of 1 in 22, and trains required a stationary winding engine (installed by Brunel) to surmount it. The station was accessible only by a steep flight of steps leading to the bottom of a deep cutting in the incline. The station's life was brief and it closed after 12 years. The original line was eventually abandoned completely and replaced in 1864. [1]

After the station closed, it was left to decay until being largely destroyed by a violent cyclone on 27 October 1913, a storm, which caused considerable damage across the district, [2] including destroying the spire of St. Mary's Church, Glyntaff. [3] The site of the station is now overgrown with trees and is not easily noticeable.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Abercynon
Line & station open		  Taff Vale Railway   Quakers Yard
Line & station open

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References

  1. ↑ Hutton, John (2006). The Taff Vale Railway Volume I. Kettering: Silver Link. p. 72. ISBN   9781857942491.
  2. ↑ Hutton, John (1988). The Taff Vale Railway Miscellany. Sparkford: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN   0860934144.
  3. ↑ Powell, R (2005). Treforest, Glyntaff & Rhydyfelin. Stroud: Tempus. p. 95. ISBN   0752435078.


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