Aberfan railway station

Aberfan
General information
Location	Aberfan, Merthyr Tydfil Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway
Pre-grouping	Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 April 1886	Station opens
January 1902	Station renamed Aberfan for Merthyr Vale
by July 1932	Station renamed Aberfan
12 February 1951	Station closes to passengers
1 November 1954	closed completely

Aberfan railway station served the village of Aberfan, near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. Opened by the Quakers Yard & Merthyr Railway, a joint Great Western Railway / Rhymney Railway Joint operation, it became part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was closed to passengers in 1951.

The site today

The railway station now has a new housing estate built on it in 2018

The site is now on the route of the Taff Trail. Aberfan is served by the Valley Lines station at Merthyr Vale, across the river.

References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
• Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
• Aberfan station on navigable O. S. map

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Troed-y-Rhiw Halt		Great Western Railway Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway		Merthyr Vale Miners Platform