Ynyshir railway station

Ynyshir
Location
Place	Ynyshir
Area	Rhondda Cynon Taf
Coordinates	51°37′37″N 3°24′33″W / 51.6269°N 3.4092°WCoordinates: 51°37′37″N 3°24′33″W / 51.6269°N 3.4092°W
Grid reference	ST025929
Operations
Original company	Taff Vale Railway
Pre-grouping	Taff Vale Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
History
1876	Opened as Ynishir
?	Renamed Ynyshir
15 June 1964	Closed
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Ynyshir railway station served the village of Ynyshir, in the Rhondda Fach valley in south Wales, from 1876 to 1964.

History

The station was opened by the Taff Vale Railway (TVR) in 1876,^[1] on its Maerdy Branch,^[2] which ran along the Rhondda Fach valley. It was the first station up the valley from the junction at Porth. At a later date, the spelling of the station name was amended to Ynyshir.^[1]

The TVR amalgamated with the Great Western Railway (GWR) on 1 January 1922; the GWR in its turn amalgamated with other railways to form British Railways on 1 January 1948.

The station was closed by British Railways on 15 June 1964.^[1]

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 257. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
2. Conolly, W. Philip (January 1976). British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (5th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 43, section D3. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3. EX/0176.

External links

• Ynyshir Station on navigable O.S. map

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Porth Line closed, station open		Taff Vale Railway Maerdy Branch		Wattstown Platform Line and station closed