Abercanaid railway station - Station

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Abercanaid railway station served the village of Abercanaid, near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. Opened by the Quakers Yard & Merthyr Railway, a joint Great Western Railway / Rhymney Railway Joint operation, it became part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was closed by them three years later.

Abercanaid
General information
Location	Abercanaid, Merthyr Tydfil Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway
Pre-grouping	Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 April 1886	Station opens
9 September 1913	Station renamed Abercanaid and Pentrebach
1 July 1924	Station renamed Abercanaid
12 February 1951	Station closes

The site today

The site is now on the route of the Taff Trail. Abercanaid is served by the Valley Lines station at Pentre-bach, across the river.

References

Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
Abercanaid station on navigable O. S. map
Picture of the station

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Gethin Pit Platform		Great Western Railway Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway		Merthyr Tydfil High Street

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