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Nantgarw (Low Level) Halt railway station

Coordinates: 51°33′41″N 3°16′29″W / 51.5614°N 3.2746°W / 51.5614; -3.2746
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Nantgarw (Low Level) Halt
General information
LocationTaffs Well, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Wales
Coordinates51°33′41″N 3°16′29″W / 51.5614°N 3.2746°W / 51.5614; -3.2746
Grid referenceST118854
Platforms2 (later 1)
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCardiff Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 March 1911opens as Nantgarw Halt
1 July 1924renamed Nantgarw (Low Level) Halt
20 July 1931closed

Nantgarw (Low Level) Halt railway station was a halt on the now-disused Cardiff Railway.

History

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The halt opened along with the line in 1911. It was named Nantgarw Halt, even though there was already a halt with this name on the Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway, which had opened in 1904.[1]

After the Great Western Railway took over the line in the 1920s, the halt was renamed Nantgarw (Low Level) Halt to distinguish it from the PC&NR station in 1924. An additional platform was opened on the down side of the line in 1928, and a passing loop was added at the same time. Despite these modifications, the halt closed to all traffic in 1931.

After closure

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The footpaths and one nameboard remained in 1957, but these traces of the halt are long gone.[2] The line, slightly modified to serve Nantgarw Colliery lasted in use until the 1980s. The whole site of the station (and much else) is now covered by a business park.[3]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Glan-y-Llyn
Line and station closed
  Great Western Railway
Cardiff Railway
  Upper Boat
Line and station closed

Notes

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  1. ^ Hutton, J. The Newport Docks & railway Company. Silver Link. 1996. p. 93
  2. ^ Mitchell, V. & Smith, K. Welsh Valleys: Cardiff to Pontypridd. Middleton Press. 2011. p.88
  3. ^ Hutton, J. An Illustrated History of Cardiff Docks, Volume 3. Silver Link. 2009, p. 54