Rhydyfelin (High Level) Halt railway station

Rhydyfelin (High Level) Halt railway station once served the village of Rhydyfelin in South Wales.

This article is about the former halt on the Pontyprid, Caerphily & Newport Railway. For the former halt on the Cardiff Railway, see Rhydyfelin (Low Level) Halt railway station.

Rhydyfelin High Level Halt
General information
LocationRhydyfelin, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Wales
Coordinates51.5887°N 3.3109°W / 51.5887; -3.3109
Grid referenceST093886
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyPontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 September 1904opens as Rhydyfelin Halt
1922renamed Rhydyfelin (High Level) Halt
14 May 1928re-sited
8 June 1953closed

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 51.5886°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]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Treforest Halt
Line & station closed		   Great Western Railway
Pontypridd, Caerphilly & Newport Railway		   Dynea Halt
Line & station closed

Notes
  1. Hutton 1996, p. 77
  2. Hutton 1996, p.77

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