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Aberthin Platform railway station

Coordinates: 51°28′12″N 3°26′03″W / 51.47001°N 3.43430°W / 51.47001; -3.43430
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Aberthin Platform
site of the former station
General information
LocationAberthin, Vale of Glamorgan
Wales
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyTaff Vale Railway
Key dates
1 May 1905Station opens
12 July 1920Station closed

Aberthin Platform railway station was a short lived Taff Vale Railway station which served Aberthin, a village north east of Cowbridge in the Welsh county of Glamorganshire.

History

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Opened by the Taff Vale Railway it only operated for fifteen years. It was one of four stations (all 'platforms') opened on the Cowbridge branch in 1905 in an attempt to develop new traffic on the line. Like the other three 'platforms', Aberthin Platform was a single bare platform, about forty feet in length and was without any form of shelter. It was located about half a mile from the village and was reached by a footpath over the fields.[1]

The site today

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The site is now in a field to the west of the village where a track crosses formation of the old railway.

References

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  • Chapman, Colin (1984). The Cowbridge Railway. Poole: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-86093-284-0.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 12. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Trerhyngyll and Maendy Halt   Taff Vale Railway
Llantrisant-Aberthaw
  Cowbridge

51°28′12″N 3°26′03″W / 51.47001°N 3.43430°W / 51.47001; -3.43430