Creigiau railway station

Creigiau railway station was a railway station in Creigiau in south Wales. It was on the Barry Railway between Efail Isaf and Wenvoe, which ran broadly north-south through Creigiau. To the east of the station, a second former line headed north-west towards Llantrisant, and south-east towards Cardiff. There was no connection between these lines; the Barry Railway line passed over the former Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway's and later Taff Vale Railway's Waterhall branch to the north of the station. During the Second World War, the station was used to transfer American military to the nearby hospital at Rhydlafar. The Railway closed in 1962.

Creigiau
Location
Place	Creigiau
Area	Cardiff
Coordinates	51.5252°N 3.3231°W / 51.5252; -3.3231
Grid reference	ST083815
Operations
Original company	Barry Railway
Pre-grouping	Barry Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
16 March 1896 (1896-03-16)	Station opened
10 September 1962 (1962-09-10)	Station closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Both platforms remain, albeit rather overgrown. The site of the station buildings and yard is now used by a coach operator.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Efail Isaf Line and station closed		Barry Railway Trehafod/Treforest-Cadoxton		Wenvoe Line and station closed
		Barry Railway Trehafod/Treforest-Cardiff		St Fagans Line and station closed

Future

A £135,000 study was announced in 2019 to inform a strategic outline business case for bringing the disused rail route from Llantrisant to Cardiff via Creigiau back into use as part of the South Wales Metro. Any new service would operate tram-trains, which could run in battery mode.[1]

References

1. Barry, Sion (10 July 2019). "Plans to bring back disused railway between Cardiff and Llantrisant". WalesOnline.