Merthyr Tydfil railway station, Mid Glamorgan
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Merthyr Tydfil railway station, Mid Glamorgan by Nigel Thompson as part of the Geograph project.
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Merthyr Tydfil railway station, Mid Glamorgan
Image: © Nigel Thompson Taken: 28 May 2011
Opened in 1996 by British Rail at the end of its line from Cardiff via Pontypridd, the line stopped 200m short of the original 1853 Vale of Neath (later Great Western Railway) station which covered most of this site. The GWR 1853 terminus station, some 200m behind the camera position, was reduced to just 2 platforms in 1971 but still fronted John Street. In turn, it was relocated in 1996 to this site, enabling the inevitable supermarket and car park to be built, behind and to the far left of this image. In 2023, much of the railway line was electrified but no wires had reached here by mid-2024 meaning this view south was largely unchanged.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.74462
Longitude
-3.37725