Porth

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Porth

Station code: POR National Rail
Where: Rhondda, Cynon, Taff, Wales
Opened on the Rhondda Valley Branches (Taff Vale Railway).


Chronology Dates

  /  /1849Rhondda Valley Branches (Taff Vale Railway)
Extended from Porth to Dinas.
  /12/1849Rhondda Valley Branches (Taff Vale Railway)
Extended from Porth to Ynyshir.
16/03/1896Barry Dock and Railways
Passenger service from Barry to the Taff Vale Railway's Porth station begins.
16/03/1896Barry Dock and Railways
The Taff Vale Railway gives the company access from Trehafod to Porth.
10/07/1930Barry Dock and Railways
Cardiff to St Fagans to Pontypridd, and Cadoxton to Porth diverted to parallel Taff Vale Railway routes. Treforest High Level and Pontypridd (Graig) are closed.