Abertridwr railway station

Abertridwr
Location
Place Abertridwr
Area Caerphilly
Operations
Original company Rhymney Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms ?
History
1 February 1894[1] Opened as Aber
26 June 1899[1] Renamed
15 June 1964[2] Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Abertridwr railway station was a station which served Abertridwr, in the Welsh county of Glamorgan. It was served by trains on the line from Caerphilly to Senghenydd. The nearest station to Abertridwr is now Aber.

History

Opened as Aber by the Rhymney Railway it became part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today

The old platform can be seen in the ground.[3]

References

Sources

External links

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Windsor Colliery Halt   Great Western Railway
Rhymney Railway
  Penyrheol

Coordinates: 51°35′41″N 3°16′16″W / 51.59468°N 3.27122°W / 51.59468; -3.27122


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