Abertridwr railway station

Abertridwr
The site of the station in 2012
General information
Location	Abertridwr, Caerphilly Wales
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Rhymney Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 February 1894[1]	Opened as Aber
26 June 1899[1]	Renamed
15 June 1964[2]	Closed

Abertridwr railway station was a station which served Abertridwr, in the Welsh county of Glamorgan. It was served by trains on the line from Caerphilly to Senghenydd. The nearest station to Abertridwr is now Aber.

History

Opened as Aber by the Rhymney Railway it became 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 old platform can be seen in the ground.[3]

References

1. Butt 1995, p. 11.
2. Butt 1995, p. 12.
3. "Where the old Abertridwr railway station". 16 May 2008.

Sources

• 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, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
• Michell, Vic (2009). Rhymney and New Tredegar Lines. Middleton Press. ISBN 978-0-906008-48-5.

External links

• Station on navigable O. S. map

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Windsor Colliery Halt		Great Western Railway Rhymney Railway		Penyrheol Halt

51.59468°N 3.27122°W / 51.59468; -3.27122