There were four stations or stops in Bedlinog and Trelewis.
Bedlinog
Taff Merthyr Halt
Trelewis Platform
Trelewis Halt
Just like the rest of the district a lot of coal was transported by train.
TRAIN PASSING THROUGH TRELEWIS AND BEDLINOG CARRYING TOURISTS 1991
Trelewis Halt
The Halt in 1960
Site of the former Halt 2009
Another small station built in 1934. This station was built on the main road just above the Ffaldcaiach Bridge. It was a tidy little station that had regular trains and good connections to all the main stations. Trains on the Neath/Pontypool route passed through this station.
Trelewis Halt 1960’s
Train arriving from Treharris to the Halt
Same view as above arriving from Treharris 1995
Same view as above arriving from Treharris 2010
1963 image from John Wiltshire
Train arriving from Nelson
The Halt 1958
Station site 1980
Trian leaving Deep Navigation (kind permission of the photographer Don Gatehouse from his visit in 1990)
Train coming from Taff Merthyr 1989
A few years earlier it was a working line
Coal trains one from Taff and one from Deep Navi
1964 near Trelewis station
Two photographs above courtesy of Kevin Redwood
Photo by Cyril Jones (Hank)
The same approach to the Halt 2011
Station closed but tracks still laid 1987
Tracks lifted near the halt 1995
Trelewis Platform
Field street, built in 1904 was once the main but not only entrance to Trelewis platform station
above we see the platform in 1960
A very small halt/station on the Nelson & Llancaiach to Dowlais route probably opened later than the Bedlinog station. It consisted of two platforms (up and down) There was a waiting room and booking office on the Field street platform. The station was situated behind Cherry Tree way at the top of Field Street
The Platform 1960
Field Street Platform
Below we see the 4.55 from Dowlais, Saturday July 13th 1963
1961
1990’s all gone
The Platform 1980
Train approaching the old Platform station from Bedlinog
Train on old Dowlais line heading towards Nelson
Train heading to Bedlinog near the old Platform station
Below we see a train in middle of village above the old burnt out Ex Club 1991
Trains heading towards Taff Merthyr Colliery kind permission of the photographer Don Gatehouse from his visit in 1990
Another train passing through Trelewis
Coal yard behind High street
Ffald signal box 1960’s (Wendy Lloyd)
Train Passing the signal box Mackintosh Terrace and below where the signal box once was now overgrown and single line over a new bridge that was built in 1974
Two trains, two differant decades, passing behind the Ffald Pub
Train approaching Nelson/Llancaiach station through Trelewis 1960’s
Another two above from different times
Same view as above but in 2012 train lines near old Nelson and Llancaiach Station
Above we see construction of new footbridge over the tracks in lower Trelewis for Cycle path
Taff Merthyr Halt
A third station for the tiny Trelewis village but this was built in 1924 for the mineworkers at the newly built Taff Merthyr Colliery.
Photo by Hank
You can still see some of the platform supports in 2014
Very little left on that side of the track
A ticket from 1963
Train passing former Taff Merthyr Halt 2007
Train leaving Taff Station 1959
Bedlinog Railways
The old signal box
Bedlinog Station
Below we see a great photo by Graham Roose from 1990
Train leaving towards Dowlais
When the station was demolished
Below we see a photo from 2010
