Dynea Halt railway station
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Dynea Halt | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Rhydyfelin, Rhondda Cynon Taf Wales |
| Coordinates | 51°35′14″N 3°18′10″W / 51.5872°N 3.3029°W |
| Grid reference | ST098883 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 September 1904 | opens as Dynea |
| 1 July 1924 | renamed Dynea Halt |
| 17 September 1956 | closed |
Dynea Halt was a railway station in Rhydyfelin near Pontypridd, Wales. It was a small halt on the Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway, and closed in 1956.
History and description
[edit]Like the other halts on the line, Dynea opened in 1904 to cater for the local railmotor passenger services. In October 1908, the halt was badly damaged in a flood. An avalanche of water and rubble swept through the area before over-spilling into the Glamorganshire Canal. In 1924, the suffix 'halt' was added by the GWR.
Dynea had ground-level platforms with partially-open wooden shelters inside wooden enclosures. The gates of these would be unlocked when a train arrived. The shelters do not appear in later photographs, probably removed at some date before the 1950s. In 1931, the GWR added a down siding some 300 yards from Dynea Halt, controlled by the Dynea signal box. At some later date, a ground frame was added to control it, but this development was short-lived, and the siding was gone by 1943.[1]
Dynea closed in 1956,[2] along with all the remaining halts on the line.
After closure
[edit]There are no traces remaining of the halt. The site is now part of the Nantgarw-Treforest cycle track.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Rhydyfelin (High Level) Halt Line & station closed |
Great Western Railway Pontypridd, Caerphilly & Newport Railway |
Upper Boat Halt Line & station closed |