title: Dowlais Central railway station
text: # Dowlais Central railway station
  
  Dowlais Central railway station served the village of Dowlais, Glamorgan, Wales, from 1869 to 1960 on the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway.
  
  ## History
  
  The station opened as Dowlais on 23 June 1869 by the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway. Its name was changed to Dowlais Central on 1 July 1924. Services were suspended in September 1939 but they resumed in December 1940. It was advertised as a workman's station but still continued to carry passengers. It closed to commercial services on 2 May 1960 and the last unadvertised train called here on 6 May 1960. The site is now a Dowlais Leisure Centre.
  
  