 The 1990s platform extension uses concrete breeze blocks.The station opened in February 1867, four months after the start of passenger services on the railway.The station is named after a nearby stream, the Nant Rhyd-yr-onnen (this stream is also known as the Nant Braich-y-Rhiw), which itself is named after the road's ford over it, just north of the station (now replaced with a bridge).