Aberdare railway station

Aberdare railway station serves the town of in , . It is the terminus of the Aberdare branch of the Merthyr Line, 22½ miles north-north-west of . Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Rhondda, Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “ABA”, “Aberdare Railway Station”, and “Aberdare Station”
  • Address: Abernant Road, Abernant, Aberdare, CF44 0SU
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Aberdare bus station and Aberdare Community School.

Bus station
Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
This is a list of bus stations in Wales:… is situated 550 feet southwest of Aberdare railway station.

School
is a secondary school located in , Wales. The school was formed in September 2014 as part of a merger between Aberdare High School, Aberdare Girls' School and Blaengwawr Comprehensive School. is situated 520 feet south of Aberdare railway station.

Church
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Elvan's Church is a Grade II* listed church in the centre of the town of . It was built in 1851–1852, largely at the instigation of John Griffith, vicar of Aberdare from 1847 until 1859. is situated 1,300 feet west of Aberdare railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abernant and Trecynon.

Village
Photo: Aberdare Blog, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village north-east of the town of , , Wales. Like many in the South Wales Valleys, it was once a coal-mining village.

Village
Photo: Darren Wyn Rees, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village near , situated in the Cynon Valley, , Wales. It dates from the early nineteenth century and developed as a result of the opening of the Aberdare Ironworks at in 1800.

Village
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village near in the county borough of , south . It was heavily dependent on the coal industry and the population, as a result, grew rapidly in the late nineteenth century.

Aberdare railway station

Latitude
51.71375° or 51° 42′ 50″ north
Longitude
-3.4395° or 3° 26′ 22″ west
Elevation
413 feet (126 metres)
Operator
Transport for Wales Rail
Network
National Rail
Abbreviation
“ABA”
Open location code
9C3RPH76+G5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 122362926
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6951843
Wiki­data ID
Q3023701
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Welsh—“Aberdare railway station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “阿伯德尔站”
  • Dutch: “station Aberdare”
  • Dutch: “Station Aberdare”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة ابيردار”
  • French: “Aberdare”
  • French: “gare d’Aberdare”
  • Japanese: “Aberdare駅”
  • Japanese: “アバーデア駅”
  • Urdu: “ایبرڈیئر ریلوے اسٹیشن”
  • Welsh: “Aberdâr”
  • Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Aberdâr”

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