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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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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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1845:Rhoose Cardiff International Airport
69:Quakers Yard railway station in 2024
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1429:Gloucester–Newport line
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384:Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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1424:South Wales Main Line
1139:Page, James. (1988),
1115:Hutton, John (2006).
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404:Vale of Neath Railway
2604:Transport portal
2072:Transport in Newport
2065:Transport in Cardiff
1460:Cardiff Queen Street
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1021:Great Western Hotel
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2257:European route E30
1434:Welsh Marches line
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174:Station code
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2252:M4 motorway
1997:Abertillery
1951:Abergavenny
1815:Pentre-bach
1750:Llanhilleth
1740:Llanbradach
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1685:Dinas Powys
1645:Barry Docks
1551:Ninian Park
1496:Cardiff Bay
1417:Other lines
1353:Ebbw Valley
1242:Train times
1031:properties.
899:Pontygwaith
541:to Aberdare
124: /
100:Coordinates
2631:Categories
2564:Treherbert
2539:Ton Pentre
2534:Taffs Well
2519:Pontypridd
2403:Taff Trail
1905:Treherbert
1880:Ton Pentre
1865:Taffs Well
1830:Pontypridd
1820:Pontlottyn
1665:Caerphilly
1602:Rogerstone
1597:Pye Corner
1576:Whitchurch
1521:Grangetown
1511:Danescourt
1491:Birchgrove
1199:0903434180
1102:References
1053:Pontypridd
931:Pontypridd
903:River Taff
895:Taff Trail
885:Today the
856:to Cardiff
592:to Merthyr
407:High Level
392:Taff Trail
386:built the
206:Passengers
151:Managed by
109:51°39′37″N
2549:Treforest
2544:Tonypandy
2514:Pontyclun
2499:Llwynypia
2494:Llanharan
2469:Abercynon
2372:NAT Group
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1890:Treforest
1885:Tonypandy
1825:Pontyclun
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1760:Llwynypia
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1700:Eastbrook
1675:Crosskeys
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1546:Llanishen
1516:Fairwater
1063:community
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832:Abercynon
808:to Nelson
380:in 1858.
354:Treharris
350:community
193:Key dates
161:Platforms
112:3°19′23″W
88:Treharris
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2559:Trehafod
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2474:Aberdare
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2007:Caerleon
1992:Aberbeeg
1961:Chepstow
1956:Caldicot
1920:Wildmill
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1900:Trehafod
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1470:Bridgend
1320:Butetown
1298:and the
945:via the
943:Bridgend
921:Services
418:Location
301:Location
144:ST085965
80:Location
2579:Ynyswen
2479:Cwmbach
2391:Cycling
2377:Fflecsi
2022:Hirwaun
1966:Cwmbran
1925:Ynyswen
1850:Rhymney
1800:Pencoed
1795:Penarth
1765:Maesteg
1735:Hengoed
1680:Cwmbach
1635:Bargoed
1592:Newport
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1541:Llandaf
1506:Coryton
1501:Cathays
1465:Newport
1397:Rhymney
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1375:Merthyr
1364:Maesteg
1342:Coryton
1300:Valleys
1296:Newport
1292:Cardiff
1049:tornado
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372:History
348:in the
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215:2018/19
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275:38,238
262:36,174
249:10,764
236:59,890
223:65,798
201:Opened
2524:Porth
2398:NCR 4
2337:A4233
2332:A4225
2327:A4223
2322:A4222
2317:A4119
2312:A4109
2307:A4107
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2292:A4059
2287:A4058
2282:A4054
2245:Roads
1875:Tondu
1835:Porth
1725:Garth
1670:Cogan
1640:Barry
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1069:Notes
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320:Notes
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43:Welsh
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