Cefn Onn Halt railway station

Cefn Onn Halt
Cefn Onn Halt
	Station in 1973.
General information
Location	Lisvane, Cardiff; Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Rhymney Railway
Key dates
1915	opened
1986	closed

Cefn Onn Halt railway station was a halt on the Rhymney Line between Cardiff and Rhymney, Wales opened in 1915. It closed on 27 September 1986^[1] and was replaced by Lisvane and Thornhill, a short distance to the south. The station is close to the entrance of Caerphilly Tunnel, which resulted in trains overshooting the platform and having to reverse.^{[citation needed]}

The station was adjacent to and served Cefn Onn Park (now known as Parc Cefn Onn), which was laid out from 1911 to 1933 by Ernest Prosser, a director of the Rhymney Railway which owned the line. The park was bought by Cardiff County Borough Council in 1944, which developed it as a country park.^[2] The park is now listed at Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.^[3]

Today

Both of the platforms remain, but undergrowth has consumed most of it. The Up shaped tower remains along with the mile post indicating 6 miles to Cardiff. The bridge connecting the two platforms was removed in 1999. One can still access the right platform via the former Great Western fencing.

References

^ "List of dates from 1 January 1985 to 20 January 2006 of last passenger trains at closed BR (or Network Rail stations since privatisation)" (PDF). Department for Transport Website: Freedom of Information Act responses, February 2006. Department for Transport. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
^ Cousins, Tony (March 2018). "History of Parc Cefn Onn" (PDF). Friends of Cefn Onn.
^ Cadw. "Parc Cefn Onn (PGW(Gm)20(CDF))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 24 February 2023.

External links

Media related to Cefn Onn Halt railway station at Wikimedia Commons

51°33′01″N 3°11′05″W / 51.55027°N 3.18471°W / 51.55027; -3.18471

[DFT-StationClosures-1] "List of dates from 1 January 1985 to 20 January 2006 of last passenger trains at closed BR (or Network Rail stations since privatisation)" (PDF). Department for Transport Website: Freedom of Information Act responses, February 2006. Department for Transport. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

[2] Cousins, Tony (March 2018). "History of Parc Cefn Onn" (PDF). Friends of Cefn Onn.

[3] Cadw. "Parc Cefn Onn (PGW(Gm)20(CDF))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 24 February 2023.

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