Nantgarw (Low Level) Halt railway station

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Nantgarw (Low Level) Halt
General information
LocationTaffs Well, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Wales
Coordinates 51°33′41″N3°16′29″W / 51.5614°N 3.2746°W / 51.5614; -3.2746 Coordinates: 51°33′41″N3°16′29″W / 51.5614°N 3.2746°W / 51.5614; -3.2746
Grid reference ST118854
Platforms2 (later 1)
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Cardiff Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 March 1911opens as Nantgarw Halt
1 July 1924renamed Nantgarw (Low Level) Halt
20 July 1931closed

Nantgarw (Low Level) Halt railway station was a halt on the now-disused Cardiff Railway.

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History

The halt opened along with the line in 1911. It was named Nantgarw Halt, even though there was already a halt with this name on the Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway, which had opened in 1904. [1]

After the Great Western Railway took over the line in the 1920s, the halt was renamed Nantgarw (Low Level) Halt to distinguish it from the PC&NR station in 1924. An additional platform was opened on the down side of the line in 1928, and a passing loop was added at the same time. Despite these modifications, the halt closed to all traffic in 1931.

After closure

The footpaths and one nameboard remained in 1957, but these traces of the halt are long gone. [2] The line, slightly modified to serve Nantgarw Colliery lasted in use until the 1980s. The whole site of the station (and much else) is now covered by a business park. [3]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Glan-y-Llyn
Line and station closed		  Great Western Railway
Cardiff Railway		  Upper Boat
Line and station closed

Notes

  1. ↑ Hutton, J. The Newport Docks & railway Company. Silver Link. 1996. p. 93
  2. ↑ Mitchell, V. & Smith, K. Welsh Valleys: Cardiff to Pontypridd. Middleton Press. 2011. p.88
  3. ↑ Hutton, J. An Illustrated History of Cardiff Docks, Volume 3. Silver Link. 2009, p. 54

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