Abernant railway station
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Abernant railway station served the village of Abernant
in Wales
. Served by the Vale of Neath railway, the station lay at the other end of the 2497 yard Merthyr Tunnel from Merthyr Tydfil
.
, it became part of the Great Western Railway
in 1865. The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways
on nationalisation in 1948. The station was then closed by the British Railways Board
.
Abernant, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Abernant situated in the Cynon Valley in the South Wales Valleys is a former coal mining village on the northeastern suburbs of Aberdare, in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.-History:...
in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. Served by the Vale of Neath railway, the station lay at the other end of the 2497 yard Merthyr Tunnel from Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil is a town in Wales, with a population of about 30,000. Although once the largest town in Wales, it is now ranked as the 15th largest urban area in Wales. It also gives its name to a county borough, which has a population of around 55,000. It is located in the historic county of...
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History
Opened by the Vale of Neath RailwayVale of Neath Railway
The Vale of Neath Railway was a broad gauge railway line from Neath to Merthyr Tydfil, in Glamorgan, Wales, and also operated the Swansea and Neath Railway which gave it access to the docks at Swansea...
, it became part of the Great Western Railway
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
in 1865. The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways
Western Region of British Railways
The Western Region was a region of British Railways from 1948. The region ceased to be an operating unit in its own right in the 1980s and was wound up at the end of 1992...
on nationalisation in 1948. The station was then closed by the British Railways Board
British Railways Board
The British Railways Board was a nationalised industry in the United Kingdom that existed from 1962 to 2001. From its foundation until 1997, it was responsible for most railway services in Great Britain, trading under the brand names British Railways and, from 1965, British Rail...
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