Heolgerrig Halt

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Has anyone any information regarding the services that used this halt in the Merthyr Tydfil area?

 

[steamybrian]

Quoting from Railway Passenger Stations by Micheal Quick..
Situated between Merthyr and Cefn Coed it was opened jointly by the GWR/LMSR on 31 May 1937.
It was closed by BR on 31 November 1961

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Quoting from Railway Passenger Stations by Micheal Quick..
Situated between Merthyr and Cefn Coed it was opened jointly by the GWR/LMSR on 31 May 1937.
It was closed by BR on 31 November 1961

That is known, with the opening not too long prior to WWII, but my query concerns the services that actually called at this station.

 

[RT4038]

That is known, with the opening not too long prior to WWII, but my query concerns the services that actually called at this station.

BR(W) timetable dated 11.9.61:
Weekdays only. Second Class only.
9.28am & 4.16pm Merthyr-Pontsticill Junction, calling Heolgerrig Halt 9.33am & 4.24pm respectively
10.2am & 7.25pm Pontsticill Junction-Merthyr, calling Heolgerrig Halt 10.18am & 7.42pm respectively

 

[mailbyrail]

Timetable World shows 5 services a day each way from Abergavenny to Merthyr in May 1949 and 11 each way between Merthyr and Pontsticill Junction
with an additional late night Saturday train.
By the June 1958 timetable there were only 5 services between Merthyr and Pontsticill Junction, still with the late night Saturday train