Global Information Lookup Global Information

Gileston railway station information


Gileston
The former station building in 2009
General information
LocationGileston, Vale of Glamorgan
Wales
Coordinates51°23′52″N 3°24′51″W / 51.3979°N 3.4141°W / 51.3979; -3.4141
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBarry Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 December 1897station opened
15 June 1964station closed

Gileston railway station served the village of Gileston in South Wales.

and 23 Related for: Gileston railway station information

Request time (Page generated in 0.9024 seconds.)

Gileston railway station

Last Update:

Gileston railway station served the village of Gileston in South Wales. The station had two platforms with a building on the down platform. The station...

Word Count : 246

Gileston

Last Update:

Gileston (Welsh: Silstwn) is a small Welsh village near West Aberthaw in the Vale of Glamorgan on the coast of South Wales. It is located some 15 miles...

Word Count : 303

St Athan Road railway station

Last Update:

life, Gileston railway station on the Vale of Glamorgan Line was known as 'Gileston for St Athan'. The Great Western Railway opened St. Athan railway station...

Word Count : 311

St Athan

Last Update:

train stations in the past but are now closed, the Gileston railway station, the St Athan Railway Station aka St Athan Halt and St Athan Road Railway Station...

Word Count : 2784

Barry Railway Company

Last Update:

December 1897; renamed Aberthaw High Level 1 July 1924; closed 15 June 1964; Gileston; opened 1 December 1897; closed 15 June 1964; Llantwit Major; opened 1...

Word Count : 8426

Cardiff Airport

Last Update:

visitors. The nearest railway station is Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station on the Vale of Glamorgan Line. The station has an hourly Transport...

Word Count : 4558

Gileston Manor

Last Update:

Gileston Manor is a manor and country house located in the small village of Gileston near St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The house contains remnants...

Word Count : 370

Vale of Glamorgan

Last Update:

yellow-grey cliffs on the Glamorgan Heritage Coast (which stretches between Gileston and Ogmore-by-Sea) are unique on the Celtic Sea coastline (i.e. Cornwall...

Word Count : 2790

Vale of Glamorgan Railway

Last Update:

2005; still open; St. Athan; opened 1 September 1939; closed 15 June 1964; Gileston; opened 1 December 1897; closed 15 June 1964; Aberthaw; opened 1 December...

Word Count : 3836

Aberthaw power stations

Last Update:

Bay, near the villages of Gileston and West Aberthaw. The most recent power station on the site, Aberthaw B Power Station, co-fired biomass and as of...

Word Count : 1635

Aberthaw High Level railway station

Last Update:

Aberthaw High Level railway station was a Vale of Glamorgan Railway station operated by the Barry Railway which served Aberthaw, located near the north...

Word Count : 402

Vale of Glamorgan Line

Last Update:

'The Reshaping of Britain's Railways', but after 41 years, in June 2005, it was reopened to passengers with two new stations at Llantwit Major and Rhoose...

Word Count : 1557

Dinas Powys

Last Update:

railway stations, one at either end of the village: Eastbrook station is at the Cardiff end and Dinas Powys station at the Barry end. Both stations are...

Word Count : 2986

MOD St Athan

Last Update:

Tutors. 2300 Squadron of the Air Training Corps is also located on the Station. Between May 1947 and August 1973, St Athan was also home for the Administrative...

Word Count : 3549

Rhoose

Last Update:

infrastructure would not cope. Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station, which was scheduled to re-open in 2003, suffered numerous bureaucratic...

Word Count : 519

Cowbridge

Last Update:

inns; The Hare and Hounds and The Farmers Arms. Cowbridge once had a railway station, which opened in 1865 and closed in 1951. On the 21 March 1950 a Bristol...

Word Count : 2410

Aberthaw

Last Update:

Font-y-Gary Cave is near Aberthaw. The beach in front of the power station, The Leys, is near Gileston and West Aberthaw; it is well known for its sea fishing....

Word Count : 2756

A4050 road

Last Update:

1920s, that road was extended north to meet the A4050 near Pengam railway station and then, in 1935, the entire A4050 was renumbered as part of a northern...

Word Count : 346

Dyffryn Gardens

Last Update:

Drope Dyffryn Eglwys Brewis Ewenny Flemingston Fonmon Font-y-Gary Frampton Gileston Goldsland Graig Penllyn Great Hamston Gwern-y-Steeple Kenson Lavernock...

Word Count : 1521

Aberthin

Last Update:

the River Aberthin. The village was served by the Aberthin Platform railway station between 1905 and 1920, now a field to the west of Aberthin. Thomas...

Word Count : 506

Glamorgan

Last Update:

Beyond the point is Limpert Bay, which was overlooked by the village of Gileston and the ancient encampment of Summerhouse Point. Here the cliffs rise and...

Word Count : 12330

Lavernock

Last Update:

reinforced plastic tower on top. Lavernock railway station was sold off but long sections of the old railway track bed are still open, from the Fort Road...

Word Count : 2394

St Hilary transmitting station

Last Update:

The St Hilary transmitting station is a facility for telecommunications situated close to the village of St Hilary, Glamorgan in the Vale of Glamorgan...

Word Count : 688

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net