Place Aberbargoed Post-grouping Great Western Railway October 1869 Station closes | Area Caerphilly March 16, 1866 Station opens Platforms in use 1 | |
Pre-grouping Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway Original company Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway | ||
Aber Bargoed railway station was a small railway station in the valleys north of Cardiff. Opened as Aber Bargoed by the Brecon & Merthyr Junction Railway, the station went through several changes of name before closure. Despite the similarity in the name it is not the Bargoed station now open on the line to Rhymney.
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History
The station was incorporated into the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923, Passing on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by British Railways.
The site today
The site is now partly an open space, and partly the route of the Bargoed Bypass road.
References
Aber Bargoed railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA