Place Aberthaw Pre-grouping Barry Railway 1 December 1897 Opened as Aberthaw Platforms in use 2 | Area Vale of Glamorgan Post-grouping Great Western Railway Original company Barry Railway Company | |
1 July 1924 Renamed Aberthaw High Level Similar Aberthaw Cement Works, Barry railway station, Coronation Chair | ||
Aberthaw High Level railway station was the Barry Railway station which served Aberthaw, located near the north shore of the Bristol Channel in the former Welsh county of South Glamorgan, and in the current county of Vale of Glamorgan.
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History
Opened by the Barry Railway Company 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 in 1964 (as a result of the Beeching Axe) when regular passenger services over the line ceased. The line remained open to provide freight access to Aberthaw Power Station and as a diversionary route.
The site today
Trains on the reopened Vale of Glamorgan Line pass the site between Rhoose and Llantwit Major stations, although there is no station at Aberthaw now. The power station sidings remain in use for bulk trainloads of coal.