Pontypridd Graig railway station

Pontypridd Graig
Location
Place Pontypridd
Area Rhondda Cynon Taf
Coordinates 51°35′54″N 3°20′44″W / 51.5984°N 3.3455°W / 51.5984; -3.3455Coordinates: 51°35′54″N 3°20′44″W / 51.5984°N 3.3455°W / 51.5984; -3.3455
Grid reference ST069896
Operations
Original company Barry Railway
Pre-grouping Barry Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
History
16 March 1896 (1896-03-16) Station opened as Pontypridd
1 July 1924 Renamed Pontypridd Graig
10 July 1930 (1930-07-10) Station closed
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Pontypridd Graig railway station was a railway station located in the South Wales valleys town of Pontypridd, on the Barry Railway. It opened in 1896 and closed to passengers in 1930.

History

A 1912 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing railways in the vicinity of Pontypridd (upper left). Barry Railway in orange; Taff Vale Railway in green.

The station was opened by the Barry Railway on 16 March 1896.[1]

The Barry Railway was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway on 1 January 1922, and the station was renamed Pontypridd Graig on 1 July 1924, to avoid confusion with the former Taff Vale Railway station, which had also been named Pontypridd, and which was renamed Pontypridd Central the same year.[1]

Passenger services along the former Barry line north of Tonteg Junction were diverted via Treforest Low Level (also on the former Taff Vale Railway) and Pontypridd Central from 10 July 1930, and Pontypridd Graig station was closed.[1]

Present day

The tunnel mouth of Pontypridd Graig station
The inscription above the tunnel mouth of Pontypridd Graig station

Today, nothing of the station or platforms remain. The tunnel mouth is situated in the grounds of Dewi Sant Hospital car park, just behind the modern day Pontypridd railway station, on Albert Road, the Graig, Pontypridd. The other end of the tunnel is in the grounds of the University of South Wales, which is some distance away.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 188. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Trehafod
Line closed, station open		   Barry Railway
Porth-Barry		   Treforest High Level
Line and station closed
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