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Rhydyfelin (High Level) Halt railway station

Coordinates: 51°35′19″N 3°18′39″W / 51.5887°N 3.3109°W / 51.5887; -3.3109
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Rhydyfelin High Level Halt
General information
LocationRhydyfelin, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Wales
Coordinates51°35′19″N 3°18′39″W / 51.5887°N 3.3109°W / 51.5887; -3.3109
Grid referenceST093886
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyPontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 September 1904opens as Rhydyfelin Halt
1922renamed Rhydyfelin (High Level) Halt
14 May 1928re-sited
8 June 1953closed

Rhydyfelin (High Level) Halt railway station once served the village of Rhydyfelin in South Wales.

History

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The station opened in 1904 on the Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway to cater to the new railmotor service on the line. As opened, it consisted of a single ground-level wooden platform made of old sleepers and a level crossing, also at ground-level. In 1922, the station was renamed to avoid confusion with the similarly named halt on the former Cardiff Railway, which subsequently became Rhydyfelin (Low Level) Halt.[1] In 1928, the original halt was closed and a new one was built at 51°35′19″N 3°18′39″W / 51.5886°N 3.3107°W / 51.5886; -3.3107 (Rhydyfelin (High Level) Halt, post-1928). This had two wooden platforms and a corrugated tin shelter.

Closure

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The halt closed in 1953 and no trace of it remains. The trackbed is now part of the Treforest-Nantgarw cycleway.[2]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Treforest Halt
Line & station closed
  Great Western Railway
Pontypridd, Caerphilly & Newport Railway
  Dynea Halt
Line & station closed

Notes

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  1. ^ Hutton 1996, p. 77
  2. ^ Hutton 1996, p.77

References

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  • J. Hutton (1996) The Newport Docks & Railway Company. Silver Link Publishing