Cefn Onn Halt railway station explained

Cefn Onn Halt
Status:Disused
Borough:Lisvane, Cardiff
Country:Wales
Platforms:2
Original:Rhymney Railway
Years:1915
Events:opened
Years2:1986
Events2:closed

Cefn Onn Halt railway station was a halt on the Rhymney Line between Cardiff and Rhymney, Wales opened in 1915. It closed on 27 September 1986[1] and was replaced by Lisvane and Thornhill, a short distance to the south. The station is close to the entrance of Caerphilly Tunnel, which resulted in trains overshooting the platform and having to reverse.

The station was adjacent to and served Cefn Onn Park (now known as Parc Cefn Onn), which was laid out from 1911 to 1933 by Ernest Prosser, a director of the Rhymney Railway which owned the line. The park was bought by Cardiff County Borough Council in 1944, which developed it as a country park.[2] The park is now listed at Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.

Today

Both of the platforms remain, but undergrowth has consumed most of it. The Up shaped tower remains along with the mile post indicating 6 miles to Cardiff. The bridge connecting the two platforms was removed in 1999. One can still access the right platform via the former Great Western fencing.

External links

51.5503°N -3.1847°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of dates from 1 January 1985 to 20 January 2006 of last passenger trains at closed BR (or Network Rail stations since privatisation) . 5 December 2014. Department for Transport. 2006. Department for Transport Website: Freedom of Information Act responses, February 2006. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090512072112/http://www.dft.gov.uk/foi/responses/2006/feb/closuredatesformerbrstations/ofclosuredatestopassenge2682.pdf. 12 May 2009. dead.
  2. Web site: Cousins . Tony . History of Parc Cefn Onn . Friends of Cefn Onn . March 2018.