Abercynon North railway station was one of two

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s – North and South – serving the village of

Abercynon Abercynon () is a village and community (Wales), community (and electoral ward) in the Cynon Valley within the unitary authority of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The community comprises the village and the districts of Carnetown and Grovers Field to ...

in the

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, Wales. It was located on the

Aberdare Aberdare ( ; ) is a town in the Cynon Valley area of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, at the confluence of the Rivers Dare (Dâr) and River Cynon, Cynon. Aberdare has a population of 39,550 (mid-2017 estimate). Aberdare is south-west of Merthyr Tydf ...

branch of the Merthyr Line 15¼ miles (24 km) north of Cardiff Central. Passenger services were provided by

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History

The station was opened by the

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on 3 October 1988. It was constructed to allow the Aberdare line to serve Abercynon village, as the track layout in use at the time at the original station did not allow Aberdare services to call there. In November 2007 a proposal was submitted by the Welsh Assembly Government to discontinue all services provided at this station. From a date "no sooner than 1st May 2008" as the notice runs, all services were to be transferred to Abercynon South, which will be rebuilt to accommodate all services serving both stations. At the end of May 2008 the island platform was reinstated at Abercynon South and the North station closed.

Services

Autumn 2007

Abercynon North was served by a train every 30 minutes in each direction, weekday daytimes, calling at almost all stations between

and

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via Llandaf.

References

Disused railway stations in Rhondda Cynon Taf Railway stations opened by British Rail Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1988 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 2008 {{Wales-railstation-stub