Waterloo Halt railway station

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Waterloo Halt
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Former site of the halt
General information
Location Rudry, Caerphilly
Wales
Coordinates 51°35′16″N3°09′48″W / 51.587781°N 3.1633423°W / 51.587781; -3.1633423
Grid reference ST195883
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway
Key dates
October 1908Opened
17 September 1956Closed

Waterloo Halt railway station was a small halt which served the community of Rudry in Caerphilly, South Wales between 1908 and 1956.

Like other halts on the line, Waterloo was very basic, consisting of a single ground-level platform made from sleepers, [1] a name-board and one lamp (though the halt did have a second lamp for at least some of its later life). There was no shelter, with passengers being confined to a fenced enclosure, whose gate to the platform would be unlocked by the guard when the train arrived.

Located on the original Brecon & Merthyr Loop Line (as opposed to the second line which was built later by the Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway), Waterloo Halt was served by 'down' services only. Fountain Bridge Halt on the opposite side of the river (on the PN&CR line) was served by the 'up' trains. [2]

The halt closed in 1956 when the passenger service was withdrawn. The site is now the garden of a private residence.

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References

  1. Hall, M. (2009). Lost Railways of South Wales. Newbury: Countryside Books. p. 44. ISBN   9781846741722.
  2. Hutton, J. (1996). The Newport Docks & Railway Company. Kettering: Silver Link. p. 101. ISBN   9781857941630.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Gwernydomen Halt
Line and station closed
  Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway
Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway
Arrow Blue Left 001.svg Down services only
  White Hart Halt
Line and station closed