Pontrhydyfen railway station served the village of Pontrhydyfen, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1885 to 1962 on the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway.
The station was opened on 25 June 1885 by the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway.
The nearby railway cutting was locally known as Rock of Gibraltar.
It was set to stop at the down platform but it went out of control when it was on the steep gradient.
It carried on through Cwmavon and collided head-on with the passenger train.