Ynyswen railway station
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Ynyswen railway station is a railway station serving the village of Ynyswen
in Rhondda Cynon Taf, south Wales
. It is located on the Rhondda Line
.
It was first opened on this site by British Rail
on the former Taff Vale Railway
in 1986.
Ynyswen
Ynyswen is a village in the community of Treorchy, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales.Ynyswen railway station is on the Rhondda Line....
in Rhondda Cynon Taf, south Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. It is located on the Rhondda Line
Rhondda Line
The Rhondda Line is a commuter railway line in South Wales from Cardiff to Treherbert. The line follows the Merthyr Line as far as Pontypridd, where it then diverges to continue along the Rhondda Valley.The places served by the line are listed below:...
.
It was first opened on this site by British Rail
British Rail
British Railways , which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the "Big Four" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages...
on the former Taff Vale Railway
Taff Vale Railway
The Taff Vale Railway is a railway in Glamorgan, South Wales, and is one of the oldest in Wales. It operated as an independent company from 1836 until 1922, when it became a constituent company of the Great Western Railway...
in 1986.