Porth railway station
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General information | |||||
Location | Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf Wales | ||||
Coordinates | 51°36′45″N 3°24′27″W / 51.6124°N 3.4075°W | ||||
Grid reference | ST025913 | ||||
Managed by | Transport for Wales | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | POR | ||||
Classification | DfT category D | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1876 | ||||
Original company | Taff Vale Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Taff Vale Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
4 February 1861 | First station opened | ||||
1 July 1876 | Station resited | ||||
Passengers | |||||
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Porth railway station is a railway station serving the town of
History
Two stations have served Porth. The first was opened on 4 February 1861 by the Taff Vale Railway;[1] the line had been open since 10 June 1841.[2]
On 1 July 1876, the original station was closed, being replaced by a new one approximately 240 yards (220 m) to the east.[1] The Rhondda Fawr line to Treherbert was singled north of here in 1981 and most of the 1876 station buildings were replaced in 1984–85.[3]
The now defunct
A passenger service between Porth and
but this ended in 1930 when the service was re-routed via the TVR station at Pontypridd (trains henceforth terminating there, except for summer excursions, until the service down to Barry finally ended in September 1962).An unusual ground level signal box was installed at the station when the Treherbert line was reduced to single track in 1981, replacing a much more substantial TVR structure.[5] This holds the distinction of the being the last new mechanical box to be built by British Rail,[6] though it had a working life of only 17 years before being abolished in 1998 when the Radyr signalling centre took control of the area.
Services
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Monday-Saturday, there is a half-hourly service to
The service from this station is currently (summer 2023) suspended, due to major route upgrade work being carried out at multiple locations as part of the Valley Lines electrification scheme. A replacement bus service is in operation from here to Pontypridd and to Treherbert, calling at all local stations until February 2024[9]
Preceding station | ![]() |
Following station | ||
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Trehafod | Rhondda Line
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Dinas Rhondda | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Trehafod Line and station open |
Barry Railway Porth–Barry |
Terminus | ||
Disused railways | ||||
Trehafod Line and station open |
Taff Vale Railway Maerdy Branch |
Ynyshir Line and station closed |
References
- ^ ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ISBN 0-7110-1277-6. BE/1183.
- ISBN 978-1-85794-250-7.
- ISBN 0-85361-236-6. OL57.
- ^ Rhondda Fach Junction South www.signalbox.org; Retrieved 2013-09-16
- ^ The Rock - Signals in South Wales www.roscalen.com; Retrieved 2013-09-16
- ^ GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 130 (Network Rail)
- ^ "Extra Sunday services between Treherbert and Barry Island". Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ South Wales Metro - Changes to train services (TfW)Transport for Wales website; Retrieved 2023-07-11
External links
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- Train times and station information for Porth railway station from National Rail