Llanbethery Platform | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Llanbethery, Vale of Glamorgan |
Country: | Wales |
Coordinates: | 51.4164°N -3.3932°W |
Platforms: | 1 |
Original: | Taff Vale Railway |
Years: | 1 May 1905 |
Events: | Opened |
Years1: | 12 July 1920 |
Events1: | Closed |
Llanbethery Platform was a short-lived railway station in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.
The station was one of four platforms opened on the line on 1 May 1905.[1] They were designed to cater for the new service run by the Taff Vale Railway using steam railmotors. Llanbethery Platform was of a similar design to the others, consisting of a single forty-foot platform without a shelter. Passengers were confined to a fenced enclosure at the rear of the platform which was unlocked by the train guard.[2] Like many other stations on the line, Llanbethery Platform was not situated near the village, and passengers had to descend a steep hill to reach the station.
The line between Cowbridge and Aberthaw rarely paid its way.[3] Llanbethery Platform was closed, along with the other 'platforms' at Aberthin and St Hilary, on 12 July 1920.