Hirwaun Railway Station

| } Hirwaun railway station was a railway station serving the town of Hirwaun in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. HistoryThe station was opened by the Vale of Neath Railway in 1851, although tramways and railways had existed in the area for at least 60 + years due to the Hirwaun Ironworks and other industries. It existed on the VoR route between and (1853), although the branch to opened first in 1851. OperationsAlthough only a relatively small station serving an industrial community, Hirwaun was an important junction station for the VoNR. At Gelli Tarw Junction just north of the station, it merged three lines: Mainline from Neath to MerthyrBranch to Aberdare, later junctioning with the Aberdare RailwayDare Valley branch, initially to Bwllfa Colliery and then extended The three platforms of the station were also supplemented by a brickworks just north of the station site. South of the station, there existed the goods yard and associated sidings, plus junctions for: The Hirwaun Ironworks railwayTower CollieryPenderyn quarry tramwayTir Herbert brickworksHirwaun Common railway Between and Hirwaun, a distance of only, there were: five collieries; two quarries; and one gunpowder /silica factory. Each had their own private sidings, all to be tackled over the steep Glynneath embankment, which required a banking locomotive for northbound trains to be attached at. During World War II, the Royal Ordnance Factory ROF Hirwaun added to both the goods and passenger traffic load.

| } Hirwaun railway station was a railway station serving the town of Hirwaun in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. HistoryThe station was opened by the Vale of Neath Railway in 1851, although tramways and railways had existed in the area for at least 60 + years due to the Hirwaun Ironworks and other industries. It existed on the VoR route between and (1853), although the branch to opened first in 1851. OperationsAlthough only a relatively small station serving an industrial community, Hirwaun was an important junction station for the VoNR. At Gelli Tarw Junction just north of the station, it merged three lines: Mainline from Neath to MerthyrBranch to Aberdare, later junctioning with the Aberdare RailwayDare Valley branch, initially to Bwllfa Colliery and then extended The three platforms of the station were also supplemented by a brickworks just north of the station site. South of the station, there existed the goods yard and associated sidings, plus junctions for: The Hirwaun Ironworks railwayTower CollieryPenderyn quarry tramwayTir Herbert brickworksHirwaun Common railway Between and Hirwaun, a distance of only, there were: five collieries; two quarries; and one gunpowder /silica factory. Each had their own private sidings, all to be tackled over the steep Glynneath embankment, which required a banking locomotive for northbound trains to be attached at. During World War II, the Royal Ordnance Factory ROF Hirwaun added to both the goods and passenger traffic load.