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Dynea Halt railway station

Coordinates: 51°35′14″N 3°18′10″W / 51.5872°N 3.3029°W / 51.5872; -3.3029
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Dynea Halt
General information
LocationRhydyfelin, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Wales
Coordinates51°35′14″N 3°18′10″W / 51.5872°N 3.3029°W / 51.5872; -3.3029
Grid referenceST098883
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyPontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 September 1904opens as Dynea
1 July 1924renamed Dynea Halt
17 September 1956closed

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

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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

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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
Rhydyfelin (High Level) Halt
Line & station closed
  Great Western Railway
Pontypridd, Caerphilly & Newport Railway
  Upper Boat Halt
Line & station closed

References

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  1. ^ Hutton, J. The Newport Docks & Railway Company. Silver Link. 1996. p. 90
  2. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 164. OCLC 931112387.
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