Rhydyfelin (High Level) Halt railway station

Rhydyfelin High Level Halt
Location
Place	Rhydyfelin
Area	Rhondda Cynon Taf
Coordinates	51°35′25″N 3°18′49″W / 51.5902°N 3.3137°W / 51.5902; -3.3137Coordinates: 51°35′25″N 3°18′49″W / 51.5902°N 3.3137°W / 51.5902; -3.3137
Operations
Original company	Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 September 1904	opens as Rhydyfelin Halt
1922	renamed Rhydyfelin (High Level) Halt
14 May 1928	re-sited
8 June 1953	closed
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Rhydyfelin (High Level) Halt railway station once served the village of Rhydyfelin in South Wales.

History

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

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

Notes

References

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