Penarth Dock railway station

Penarth Dock railway station served the docks area of Penarth.

Penarth Dock
Remaining buildings re-used for retail, 2014
General information
Location	Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan Wales
Grid reference	ST176725
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Taff Vale Railway
Pre-grouping	Taff Vale Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
20 February 1878	opened as Penarth Dock and Harbour
28 January 1928	renamed Penarth Dock
January 1962	closed

Description

Map of Penarth Harbour in 1896, Penarth Dock station in lower left

The Taff Vale Railway built its line to Penarth in 1865, later extending it to Lavernock, Sully and Cadoxton. Penarth Dock and Harbour station opened in 1878. The name was changed to Penarth Dock in 1928. The station was staffed and had two platforms with substantial buildings, linked by a footbridge. Despite this, it was very quiet during the day, and received almost all its revenue from morning and evening rush hour trains. It was closed on Sundays.

Closure

The station closed in January 1962.^[1] Most of the buildings are still present, and have been used by a range of businesses, including a shooting range, a garden centre, a second-hand car lot and a marine chandlers. The line is still open as far as Penarth, though it has been single track since 1967.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Llandough Platform		Great Western Railway Taff Vale		Dingle Road

See also

• Penarth railway station

References

1. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 335. OCLC 931112387.

• Ings, D. (2009). Penarth Through Time. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1848687462.

External links

• "Penarth Dock station in 1960". Flickr.com.

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