Ton Pentre railway station, Rhondda Cynon Taf, 2014
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Ton Pentre railway station, Rhondda Cynon Taf, 2014
Image: © Nigel Thompson Taken: 13 Jun 2014
Opened in 1863 as "Ystrad" by the Taff Vale Railway on the line from Cardiff to Treherbert, this replaced an earlier 1861 station just behind the camera position. The name was changed to "Ystrad Rhondda" in 1930, and then to "Ton Pentre" in 1986 (when the station now known as Ystrad Rhondda was opened). View south east towards Ystrad Rhondda and Cardiff, some nine years before the railway line here was electrified. See Image for a 2024 view from a similar camera position. There was formerly a northbound line and platform to the right, even though the section closest to the camera is built over the river (just visible to the left of the blue fencing).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.647619
Longitude
-3.486181