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PANTYSGALLOG (HIGH LEVEL) HALT RAILWAY STATION Latitude and Longitude:

51°46′21″N 3°21′20″W / 51.772386°N 3.355677°W / 51.772386; -3.355677
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Pantysgallog High Level Halt
General information
Location Pant, Merthyr Tydfil
Wales
Coordinates 51°46′21″N 3°21′20″W / 51.772386°N 3.355677°W / 51.772386; -3.355677
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 October 1910 [1]Opened
September 1939Services suspended
December 1940Services resumed
2 May 1960Closed

Pantysgallog High Level Halt railway station was a station that served the village of Pant, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales on the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway. A short branch line from Pant to Dowlais Central. The station closed in 1960 with the line and the site is now a housing estate.

References

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  1. ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 332


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Pant
Line and station closed
  Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway
Northern section
  Dowlais Central
Line and station closed