title: Wattstown Platform railway station
text: # Wattstown Platform railway station
  
  Wattstown Platform railway station was a short-lived railway station on the now-disused Maerdy Branch in South Wales.
  
  ## History and description
  
  The Wattstown goods depot opened in 1885, but a passenger facility did not follow until 1905. The station was not successful, and closed after just fifteen years. Goods activities continued until 7 October 1963. No trace of the station remains, with the trackbed having been reclaimed by nature. Only a road bridge marks the site where the platform once stood.
  
  The site of the goods depot (ST019937) is now occupied by a builder's merchant.
  
  | Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ynyshir Line & station closed | Taff Vale Railway Maerdy Branch | Pontygwaith Halt Line and station closed |
  