Llantwit Fardre railway station

Llantwit Fardre
General information
Location	Llantwit Fardre, Rhondda Cynon Taf Wales
Coordinates	51.5586°N 3.3321°W / 51.5586; -3.3321
Grid reference	ST077852
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Taff Vale Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
21 January 1875 (1875-01-21)	Station opened as Llantwit
8 October 1936	Renamed Llantwit Fardre
31 March 1952 (1952-03-31)	Station closed[1]

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

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