Alberta Place Halt railway station
Alberta Place Halt | |
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Location | Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan Wales |
Grid reference | ST185707 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Taff Vale Railway |
Pre-grouping | Taff Vale Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
19 September 1904 | Station opens as Alberta Place Platform |
1 October 1923 | Station renamed Alberta Place Halt |
6 May 1968 | Station closes |
Alberta Place Halt was a railway station in the Welsh county of Glamorgan.
History[]
The station was opened by the Taff Vale Railway, becoming part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board.
The site today[]
The station has now been demolished. The former trackbed is a linear path and walk.
References[]
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Station on navigable O.S. map
- Line Diagram [1][permanent dead link]
- The Site Now [2]
Service[]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Penarth Town | Great Western Railway Taff Vale |
Lower Penarth |
External links[]
Coordinates: 51°25′19″N 3°10′31″W / 51.42196°N 3.17541°W
Categories:
- Disused railway stations in the Vale of Glamorgan
- Former Taff Vale Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1904
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1968
- 1904 establishments in Wales
- 1968 disestablishments in Wales
- Wales railway station stubs