Cefn Onn Halt railway station

Cefn Onn Halt railway station was a halt on the Rhymney Line between Cardiff and Rhymney, Wales opened in 1915. It closed on 27 September 1986[1] and was replaced by Lisvane and Thornhill, a short distance to the south. The station is close to the entrance of Caerphilly Tunnel, which resulted in trains overshooting the platform and having to reverse.

Cefn Onn Halt
Station in 1973.
General information
LocationLisvane, Cardiff
Wales
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyRhymney Railway
Key dates
1915opened
1986closed

The station was adjacent to and served Cefn Onn Park (now known as Parc Cefn Onn), which was laid out from 1911 to 1933 by Ernest Prosser, a director of the Rhymney Railway which owned the line. The park was bought by Cardiff County Borough Council in 1944, which developed it as a country park.[2] The park is now listed at Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.[3]

Today
The disused Cefn Onn Halt, looking north in 2013

Both of the platforms remain, but undergrowth has consumed most of it. The Up shaped tower remains along with the mile post indicating 6 miles to Cardiff. The bridge connecting the two platforms was removed in 1999. One can still access the right platform via the former Great Western fencing.

References
  1. "List of dates from 1 January 1985 to 20 January 2006 of last passenger trains at closed BR (or Network Rail stations since privatisation)" (PDF). Department for Transport Website: Freedom of Information Act responses, February 2006. Department for Transport. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  2. Cousins, Tony (March 2018). "History of Parc Cefn Onn" (PDF). Friends of Cefn Onn.
  3. Cadw. "Parc Cefn Onn (PGW(Gm)20(CDF))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 24 February 2023.

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