:Aberthin Platform railway station

{{Infobox station

| name = Aberthin Platform

| status = Disused

| image = Site of Aberthin Platform (geograph 2747105).jpg

| caption = site of the former station

| borough = Aberthin, Vale of Glamorgan

| country = Wales

| platforms = 1

| original = Taff Vale Railway

| years = 1 May 1905

| events = Station opens

| years1 = 12 July 1920

| events1 = Station closed

}}

Aberthin Platform railway station was a short lived Taff Vale Railway station which served Aberthin, a village north east of Cowbridge in the Welsh county of Glamorganshire.

History

Opened by the Taff Vale Railway it only operated for fifteen years. It was one of four stations (all 'platforms') opened on the Cowbridge branch in 1905 in an attempt to develop new traffic on the line. Like the other three 'platforms', Aberthin Platform was a single bare platform, about forty feet in length and was without any form of shelter. It was located about half a mile from the village and was reached by a footpath over the fields.{{sfn|Chapman|1984|page={{page needed|date=May 2014}}}}

The site today

The site is now in a field to the west of the village where a track crosses formation of the old railway.

References

{{cite book |last=Chapman |first=Colin |date=1984 |title=The Cowbridge Railway |publisher=Oxford Publishing Company |location=Poole |isbn=978-0-86093-284-0}}
{{cite book|first=R. V. J. |last=Butt |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |year=1995 |isbn=1-85260-508-1 |page=12 }}

{{Rail line|previous=Trerhyngyll and Maendy Halt|next=Cowbridge||route=Taff Vale Railway
Llantrisant-Aberthaw |col={{TVR colour}} }}

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Category:Disused railway stations in the Vale of Glamorgan

Category:Former Taff Vale Railway stations

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1905

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1920