At the very top of 25" OS sheet (1914 survey) at [url]https://maps.nls.uk/view/135196048[/url] on the TVR main line at what would be 21m 5ch are shown two oblong structures, one on each side of the up and down lines, which look very suspiciously like platforms.....
Can anyone suggest what they would have served, and when they were in use?
Passenger platforms between Merthyr Vale and Troedyrhiw
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Re: Passenger platforms between Merthyr Vale and Troedyrhiw
I do not believe that the rectangles shown are platforms.
Below is a scan of the 1956 one inch map covering the area. The 25" map cuts off roughly between the R and T of R Taff on the 1" map where it is clear that there are no town or village buildings in the area, just a very steep hillside. So passenger platforms would be very odd. Very similar rectangles can be seen further down the map: it is totally unclear what their functions were.
Below is a scan of the 1956 one inch map covering the area. The 25" map cuts off roughly between the R and T of R Taff on the 1" map where it is clear that there are no town or village buildings in the area, just a very steep hillside. So passenger platforms would be very odd. Very similar rectangles can be seen further down the map: it is totally unclear what their functions were.
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Re: Passenger platforms between Merthyr Vale and Troedyrhiw
The rectangles (there were three or even four) at the site of Dan-y-Deri colliery are clearly shown as buildings on the 1898 survey (see https://maps.nls.uk/view/135196045) and were obviously simply sites by the 1914 survey. Note that they are much larger than the two at 21m 5ch.
The latter pair are (more crucially) right alongside the up and down running lines, in a locality where the railway's embanking seems to have been slight widened. I would not be expecting public platforms at that locality but rather some rudimentary workmens' stopping place (after all, the OS maps do show coal levels in the area). Is there any reference in Colin Chapman's notes from TVR sources?
The latter pair are (more crucially) right alongside the up and down running lines, in a locality where the railway's embanking seems to have been slight widened. I would not be expecting public platforms at that locality but rather some rudimentary workmens' stopping place (after all, the OS maps do show coal levels in the area). Is there any reference in Colin Chapman's notes from TVR sources?