Aberthaw High Level railway station

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Aberthaw High Level
Location
Location	Wales
Area	Glamorganshire
Operations
Original company	Vale of Glamorgan Railway Barry Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	?
History
1 December 1897	Station opens as Aberthaw (Barry)
1 July 1924	Station renamed Aberthaw High Level
7 May 1945	Station renamed Aberthaw
15 June 1964	Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D-F G H-J K-L M-O P-R S T-Z
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Aberthaw High Level railway station was the Barry Railway station which served Aberthaw, located near the north shore of the Bristol Channel in the Welsh county of Glamorganshire.

[edit] 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. The line remained open to provide freight access to Aberthaw Power Station.

[edit] 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.

[edit] References

• R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd.  ISBN 1 85260 508 1

• A. Jowett, (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing.  ISBN 0 906899 99 0

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Rhoose		Great Western Railway Barry Railway		Gileston Halt