Darran and Deri railway station

Darran and Deri railway station was situated on the Brecon and Merthyr Junction Railway, serving the adjoining village of Deri and the nearby Darran Colliery. It was located at 20 miles 08 chains from Newport. The line was built and owned partly by the Rhymney Railway and partly by the Brecon and Merthyr Railway, the boundary between the two companies lying a short distance north of Darran and Deri. The line passed to the Great Western Railway in 1923 and to British Railways (Western Region) in 1948.^[1]

Darran and Deri
September 1962
General information
Location	Deri, Caerphilly Wales
Coordinates	51.7077°N 3.2629°W / 51.7077; -3.2629
Grid reference	SO 127018
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Rhymney Railway
Pre-grouping	Rhymney Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 September 1868 (1868-09-01)	Station opens
31 December 1962 (1962-12-31)	Station closes to passengers
1965	Station closes to goods

Map of rail lines in the Rhymney area, 1962

The station opened on 1 September 1868 and passenger services were withdrawn from 31 December 1962. Goods and mineral traffic continued until 1965, but coal traffic passed the station site until final closure of the line in 1975. This portion of line was double track and the station had up and down platforms, with a goods yard on the eastern side as well as connections to local collieries. The passenger service consisted in the 1960s of about ten trains a day in each direction, of which four ran between Brecon and Newport.^[2]

The former railway route is now part of the National Cycle Network (route 469), with an access point at Deri village.

Routes

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Ogilvie Village Halt Line and station closed		Rhymney Railway		Groesfaen Colliery Platform Line and station closed

References

1. Barrie, D.S.M. (1980). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain, volume 12, South Wales. Newton Abbot: David & Charles Ltd.
2. Clinker, J.M. (1971). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots, 1830 – 1970. Padstow.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)