St Mary Church Road railway station

St Mary Church Road
St Mary Church Road
General information
Location	St Mary Church, Vale of Glamorgan; Wales
Coordinates	51°26′04″N 3°24′42″W / 51.4345°N 3.4117°W
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Taff Vale Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 October 1892	opened
3 May 1930	closed to passengers
1 November 1932	closed to goods

St Mary Church Road railway station was a railway station in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.

Description

The station was one of the three original stations opened on the

Cowbridge and Aberthaw Railway. It served the village of St Mary Church, which was about a mile to the west, and also served a number of other smaller settlements, none of which were particularly close to the railway.^[1] The station consisted of a single platform with a building of red and yellow bricks. It was of a similar design to the one at Cowbridge, but smaller. It had a goods-loop opposite the platform. The station was fully signalled and the signal box was located on the platform beside the passenger building. St Mary Church Road was the only station on the Cowbridge-Aberthaw line to be signaled. The remainder of the line was worked on the 'one engine in steam' principle.^[2]

History

Like the rest of the stations between Cowbridge and Aberthaw Low Level, St Mary Church Road was underused from the outset. The signal box was closed in 1900 and the station was without signals from then on.^[3] The loop was retained as a siding and new ground-frames were added to control it.