Creigiau
General information
LocationCreigiau, Cardiff
Wales
Coordinates51°31′31″N 3°19′23″W / 51.5252°N 3.3231°W / 51.5252; -3.3231
Grid referenceST083815
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBarry Railway
Pre-groupingBarry Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
16 March 1896 (1896-03-16)Station opened
10 September 1962 (1962-09-10)Station closed[1]

Creigiau railway station was a railway station in Creigiau in south Wales. It was on the Barry Railway between Efail Isaf and Wenvoe, which ran broadly north–south through Creigiau. To the east of the station, a second former line headed north-west towards Llantrisant, and south-east towards Cardiff. There was no connection between these lines; the Barry Railway line passed over the former Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway's and later Taff Vale Railway's Waterhall branch to the north of the station. During the Second World War, the station was used to transfer American military to the nearby hospital at Rhydlafar. The Railway closed in 1962.

Both platforms remain, albeit rather overgrown. The site of the station buildings and yard is now used by a coach operator.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Efail Isaf
Line and station closed		   Barry Railway
Trehafod/Treforest-Cadoxton		   St-y-Nyll Platform
Line and station closed
  Barry Railway
Trehafod/Treforest-Cardiff		   St Fagans
Line and station closed

Future

A £135,000 study was announced in 2019 to inform a strategic outline business case for bringing the disused rail route from Llantrisant to Cardiff via Creigiau back into use as part of the South Wales Metro. Any new service would operate tram-trains, which could run in battery mode.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 140. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ↑ Barry, Sion (10 July 2019). "Plans to bring back disused railway between Cardiff and Llantrisant". WalesOnline.
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