Llantwit Fardre railway station

Llantwit Fardre was a station on the Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway.[2]

Llantwit Fardre
General information
LocationLlantwit Fardre, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Wales
Coordinates51.5586°N 3.3321°W / 51.5586; -3.3321
Grid referenceST077852
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLlantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway
Pre-groupingTaff Vale Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
21 January 1875 (1875-01-21)Station opened as Llantwit
8 October 1936Renamed Llantwit Fardre
31 March 1952 (1952-03-31)Station closed[1]

The station consisted of a single platform and station buildings. A small bridge crossed over Crown Hill to the west of the station followed by the Dyffryn Red Ash Colliery sidings and a spur to Cwm Colliery. There were numerous tramways for coal workings in this area. One of the sidings consisted of a weigh bridge. To the west of the station existed sidings for the Dyffryn Red Ash Colliery.

Modern day

No trace of the railway station and track exist anymore. The railway bridge to the west on Crown Hill of the station was removed in the 1990s. The Dyffryn Red Ash Colliery sidings have now been built upon and no traces of the tramways exist.

References
  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 147. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  2. Chapman, C (1996) The Llantrisant Branches of the Taff Vale Railway. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-481-4
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Church Village Halt
Line and station closed		   Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway
Pontypridd-Llantrisant		   Beddau Halt
Line and station closed


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