Rhydyfelin (High Level) Halt railway station

Rhydyfelin High Level Halt
Rhydyfelin High Level Halt
General information
Location	Rhydyfelin, Rhondda Cynon Taf; Wales
Coordinates	51°35′19″N 3°18′39″W / 51.5887°N 3.3109°W
Grid reference	ST093886
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 September 1904	opens as Rhydyfelin Halt
1922	renamed Rhydyfelin (High Level) Halt
14 May 1928	re-sited
8 June 1953	closed

Rhydyfelin (High Level) Halt railway station once served the village of Rhydyfelin in South Wales.

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.^[1] In 1928, the original halt was closed and a new one was built at 51°35′19″N 3°18′39″W / 51.5886°N 3.3107°W / 51.5886; -3.3107. This had two wooden platforms and a corrugated tin shelter.

The halt closed in 1953 and no trace of it remains. The trackbed is now part of the Treforest-Nantgarw cycleway.^[2]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Treforest Halt Line & station closed		Great Western Railway Pontypridd, Caerphilly & Newport Railway		Dynea Halt Line & station closed