Aberthaw Low Level railway station

Aberthaw Low Level
General information
Location	Vale of Glamorgan
Platforms	1
History
Original company	Taff Vale Railway
Pre-grouping	Taff Vale Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 October 1892	Station opens as Aberthaw (TV)
1 July 1924	Station renamed Aberthaw Low Level
4 May 1926	Station closed
11 July 1927	Station reopens
5 May 1930	Station closed

Aberthaw Low Level railway station was the Taff Vale Railway station which served Aberthaw, located near the north shore of the Bristol Channel in the Welsh county of Glamorganshire.

History

Opened by the Taff Vale Railway it became part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. It was then closed by them seven years later.

The site today

The site is now a wooded area next to the former site of the High Level station. Passenger trains pass there on the Vale of Glamorgan line and freight trains for Aberthaw Power Station. There is no station at Aberthaw now.

References

• R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) ISBN 1-85260-508-1

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
St Athan Road		Great Western Railway Taff Vale Railway		Terminus