Footpath and cycleway near the site of Aberfan railway station
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Footpath and cycleway near the site of Aberfan railway station
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 5 Jul 2012
My first thought on seeing this path was that perhaps this was the route of the former railway line through Aberfan, near the long since demolished station. However, a 1940s map shows the railway a little to the left, on the far side of the trees. Aberfan railway station closed in 1951.
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Image Location
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