Alberta Place Halt railway station

Alberta Place Halt was a railway station in the Welsh county of Glamorgan.

Alberta Place Halt
General information
LocationPenarth, Vale of Glamorgan
Wales
Grid referenceST184707
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyTaff Vale Railway
Pre-groupingTaff Vale Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
19 September 1904Station opens as Alberta Place Platform
1 October 1923Station renamed Alberta Place Halt
6 May 1968Station closes

History

The station was opened by the Taff Vale Railway, becoming part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today

The station has now been demolished. The former trackbed is a linear path and walk.

References
  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Penarth Town   Great Western Railway
Taff Vale		   Lower Penarth

51.4301°N 3.1748°W / 51.4301; -3.1748


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