Creigiau railway station was a railway station in Creigiau in south Wales. It was on the Barry Railway between Efail Isaf and Wenvoe, which ran broadly north–south through Creigiau. To the east of the station, a second former line headed north-west towards Llantrisant, and south-east towards Cardiff. There was no connection between these lines; the Barry Railway line passed over the former Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway's and later Taff Vale Railway's Waterhall branch to the north of the station. During the Second World War, the station was used to transfer American military to the nearby hospital at Rhydlafar. The Railway closed in 1962.
Creigiau | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Creigiau, Cardiff Wales |
| Coordinates | 51°31′31″N 3°19′23″W / 51.5252°N 3.3231°W |
| Grid reference | ST083815 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Barry Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Barry Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 16 March 1896 | Station opened |
| 10 September 1962 | Station closed[1] |
Both platforms remain, albeit rather overgrown. The site of the station buildings and yard is now used by a coach operator.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Efail Isaf Line and station closed |
Barry Railway Trehafod/Treforest-Cadoxton |
St-y-Nyll Platform Line and station closed | ||
| Barry Railway Trehafod/Treforest-Cardiff |
St Fagans Line and station closed |
Future
editA £135,000 study was announced in 2019 to inform a strategic outline business case for bringing the disused rail route from Llantrisant to Cardiff via Creigiau back into use as part of the South Wales Metro. Any new service would operate tram-trains, which could run in battery mode.[2]
References
edit- ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 140. OCLC 931112387.
- ^ Barry, Sion (10 July 2019). "Plans to bring back disused railway between Cardiff and Llantrisant". WalesOnline.