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Aberdare Low Level railway station information


Aberdare Low Level
The station in 1954
General information
LocationAberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Wales
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyAberdare Railway
Pre-groupingTaff Vale Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
6 August 1846[1]Opened as Aberdare
1 July 1924[1]Renamed
16 March 1964[1]Closed

Aberdare Low Level railway station served the town of Aberdare in Wales. Opened by the Taff Vale Railway, it became part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Railways Board in 1964 when the passengers service from Abercynon was withdrawn as a result of the Beeching Axe.

  1. ^ a b c Butt 1995, p. 12.

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