Lower Penarth railway station

Lower Penarth Halt
Location
Place Penarth
Area Vale of Glamorgan
Coordinates 51°25′44″N 3°10′32″W / 51.429°N 3.1755°W / 51.429; -3.1755Coordinates: 51°25′44″N 3°10′32″W / 51.429°N 3.1755°W / 51.429; -3.1755
Grid reference ST184698
Operations
Original company Taff Vale Railway
Pre-grouping Taff Vale Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 2
History
1 Dec. 1888 Station opens as Lower Penarth
30th Sept. 1935 Station renamed Lower Penarth Halt
14th June 1954 Station closes
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Closed railway stations in Britain
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Lower Penarth Halt was a station on the now-disused Cadoxton branch line in Glamorgan, South Wales.

The station opened in 1888. It had two platforms, with shelters on each, and a substantial waiting room on the 'up' platform. It had no footbridge, though a level crossing was supplied.[1]

The Great Western Railway downgraded the station to a halt in 1935, a fate shared by most other stations on the branch. It closed in 1954, fourteen years before the rest of the branch. The platform and waiting room were still standing in 1970, but are no longer present, and the site is now covered by houses.[2]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Alberta Place Halt   Great Western Railway
Taff Vale		   Lavernock

References

  1. ↑ Hutton, J. Taff Vale Railway Miscellany. 1988. Oxford Publishing Company.
  2. ↑ Hutton, J. The Taff Vale Railway Volume III. Silver Link. 2006. p.41
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