Place Rhydyfelin Post-grouping Great Western Railway Platforms in use 2 | Area Rhondda Cynon Taf 14 May 1928 re-sited | |
1 September 1904 opens as Rhydyfelin Halt 1922 renamed Rhydyfelin (High Level) Halt Original company Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway | ||
Rhydyfelin (High Level) Halt railway station once served the village of Rhydyfelin in South Wales.
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History
The station opened in 1904 on the Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway to cater to the new railmotor service on the line. As opened, it consisted of a single ground-level wooden platform made of old sleepers and a level crossing, also at ground-level. In 1922, the station was renamed to avoid confusion with the similarly-named halt on the former Cardiff Railway, which subsequently became Rhydyfelin (Low Level) Halt. In 1928, the original halt was closed and a new one was built at 51.5886°N 3.3107°W / 51.5886; -3.3107 (Rhydyfelin (High Level) Halt, post-1928). This had two wooden platforms and a corrugated tin shelter.
Closure
The halt closed in 1953 and no trace of it remains. The trackbed is now part of the Treforest-Nantgarw cycleway.