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Wattstown Platform railway station

Coordinates: 51°37′57″N 3°24′55″W / 51.6326°N 3.4152°W / 51.6326; -3.4152
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Wattstown Platform
General information
LocationWattstown, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Wales
Coordinates51°37′57″N 3°24′55″W / 51.6326°N 3.4152°W / 51.6326; -3.4152
Grid referenceST022936
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyTaff Vale Railway
Key dates
5 June 1905Opened
12 July 1920Closed

Wattstown Platform railway station was a short-lived railway station on the now-disused Maerdy Branch in South Wales.

History and description

The Wattstown goods depot opened in 1885, but a passenger facility did not follow until 1905. The station was not successful, and closed after just fifteen years. Goods activities continued until 7 October 1963. No trace of the station remains, with the trackbed having been reclaimed by nature. Only a road bridge marks the site where the platform once stood.[1]

The site of the goods depot (ST019937) is now occupied by a builder's merchant.[2]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Ynyshir
Line & station closed
  Taff Vale Railway
Maerdy Branch
  Pontygwaith Halt
Line and station closed

References

  1. ^ Hutton, J. Taff Vale Miscellany. Oxford Publishing Company. 1988
  2. ^ Hutton, J. The Taff Vale Railway Volume II. Silver Link 2006