Hirwaun railway station

Hirwaun
General information
LocationHirwaun, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Wales
Coordinates51°44′34″N 3°30′26″W / 51.7429°N 3.5071°W / 51.7429; -3.5071
Grid referenceSN960059
Platforms3
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyVale of Neath Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
24 September 1851 (1851-09-24)Opened as Hirwain
September 1928Renamed Hirwaun
15 June 1964 (1964-06-15)Closed
Location
Railways in the Hirwaun area
Taff Vale Railway (Merthyr Line)
to Cardiff Central
Aberdare
Trecynon Halt
Vale of Neath Railway
to Merthyr Tydfil
Llwydcoed
Aberdare Railway
Gelli Tarw Junction
Hirwaun brickworks
Hirwaun
Tramways
Barry Railway
to Barry Docks
Penderyn quarry
Tower Colliery
Hirwaun goods yard
Hirwaun Common goods yard
Hirwaun Ironworks
Hirwaun Common railway
 Hirwaun Ponds goods yard
Tir Herbert brickworks
Rhigos Halt
Brown sidings
Rhigos sidings
top of Glynneath bank
Pencaedrain Tunnel (
520 yd
475 m
)
Dinas sidings
for Pont Neath Vaughan works
Penrhiw sidings
for Penrhiw drift mine
Pontwalby Halt
Pontwalby viaduct
British Rhondda Colliery
British Rhondda Halt
Cwmrhyd-y-Gau Halt
for Abernant brickworks
Rock Colliery
Aberpergwm Colliery
bottom of Glynneath bank
Glynneath
Cwmgwrach coal washery
Vale of Neath Railway
to Neath

Hirwaun was a railway station serving the village of Hirwaun in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.

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