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Quakers Yard railway station

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The suffix ‘-ville’ was popular for new placenames around this time, particularly those largely built by speculative builders or landlords. It suggested both a pastoral ‘village’ and also a then-fashionably French aspect of 'ville' (town). Edwardsville expanded on both sides of the road and soon had
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My late father, Mr A Clarke, was in the meeting held in the Long Room of the Great Western Hotel when Edwardsville was given its name. It was called this after the late Mr Edmund Edwards, who was chairman of the meeting and the proprietor of the Great Western Hotel. He later became the owner of many
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line that passed through it), this was a large, two-level junction with services to numerous locations and a hub through which large amounts of coal were transported. The line from Abercynon-Merthyr Tydfil is now a single line operation, the dual track being removed in the early 1970s, although some
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is situated below the Taff Vale estate where bespoke detached properties have been built on the high level line area and also on the incline that existed from the lower level which ran towards Treharris. The derelict upper level was partitioned when the Taff Vale estate was built. The land to the
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east below Edwardsville cemetery was earmarked for business units - but was eventually sold off to Bailey Homes house builders - mainly detached houses were built and named Forest Grove. A small senior citizen sheltered bungalow complex buffers this site with the Taff Vale site.
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Two more viaducts existed at the north end of Edwardsville which were demolished shortly after the Beeching cuts of the 1960s. The main reason for their demolition was subsidence and the viaducts had been strengthened with huge wooden supports for a number of years.
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cycle route 8. This viaduct still exists as the gateway to the Taff Valley for the Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil railway line. In a recent TV appearance, a Brunel expert put the Goitre Coed Viaduct as the finest example of Brunel's viaducts in Wales.
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lies about 1 mile north on the trail. Arriva Trains Wales allow cyclists on local trains with some restrictions on timing. Access to the Taff Trail is via a foot crossing over the railway line a short distance north of the railway platform.
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Edwardsville is the name given to the small urban area that grew up around the Quakers Yard station. The railway pre-dated the villages of both Edwardsville and Treharris. Although not close to
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This section of the Taff Trail includes the original stone sleepers from Edwardsville towards Pontygwaith and beyond towards Mount Pleasant, where
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dual track has since been brought back at Merthyr Vale running towards Merthyr Tydfil to help with the increased frequency of services.
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Recently Edwardsville has expanded below the main road, with new houses filling the space of the previous high-level station.
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GB National Rail Timetable 2015-2016 Edition, Table 130 (Network Rail)
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village, this was the only local placename of any note at the time.
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and a few houses on the road along the valley to Merthyr. The
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Treharris, lit. 'Harris' town' in Welsh takes its name from
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to run on rails and the first to carry passengers in 1804.
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The station was opened as "Quakers Yard Low Level" by the
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Mrs C M Williams of Grove House, Edwardsville, wrote:
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Quakers Yard station provides access to and from the
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station was closed, along with the Pontypool Road to
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Index

Edwardsville, Merthyr Tydfil
Welsh
National Rail

Quakers Yard
Treharris
Merthyr Tydfil
51°39′37″N 3°19′23″W / 51.6604°N 3.3231°W / 51.6604; -3.3231
Grid reference
ST085965
Transport for Wales
DfT category
Office of Rail and Road
Edwardsville
community
Treharris
Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Line
Transport for Wales
Taff Vale Railway
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Goitre Coed Viaduct
Taff Trail
Vale of Neath Railway
Neath
Legend
to Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Vale
to Aberdare
to Merthyr

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