Aberthaw High Level railway station
Aberthaw High Level railway station was a Vale of Glamorgan Railway station operated by the Barry Railway which served Aberthaw, located near the north shore of the Bristol Channel in the former Welsh county of South Glamorgan, and in the current county of Vale of Glamorgan. History Opened by the Vale of Glamorgan Railway on 1 December 1897 and operated by the Barry Railway Company, it became part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board in 1964 (as a result of the Beeching Axe) when regular passenger services over the line ceased from 13 June. The line remained open to provide freight access to Aberthaw Power Station and Rhoose and Aberthaw cement works, (only Aberthaw cement works survives as at 2020), and as a diversionary route between Cardiff and Bridgend via St.Fagans when engineering possessions are necessary on the latter South Wales main line. The site today Due to public demand and expansion of Llantwit Major and Rhoose, passenger traffic was reinstated on 10 June 2005 on the Vale of Glamorgan Line