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Dowlais Junction (Taff Vale Railway)
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2025 10:32 am
by RichardMaund
A Taff Vale directors' minute of 4 Feb 1853 stated: “Resolved that Dowlais Jcn. station be made a ticket station.”
What function would that indicate?
Re: Dowlais Junction (Taff Vale Railway)
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2025 9:10 am
by Rhobat Bryn
Presumably, not a halt.
Re: Dowlais Junction (Taff Vale Railway)
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2025 2:47 pm
by RichardMaund
It was the interchange/junction with the incline to Dowlais so not a halt - and it was already in use. So what did "upgrading" (presumably?) it to a "ticket station" (as opposed to "ticket platform" which would have been merely for collecting tickets - and they already had one for Merthyr) or a plain "station" signify?
Re: Dowlais Junction (Taff Vale Railway)
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2025 7:20 pm
by Rhobat Bryn
If a ticket platform is one where tickets are collected only, would a ticket station be one where tickets were also issued?
And was Dowlais Junction a workman's platform?