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Llantrisant and the junction for Penarth; in fact the scheme escalated to include the route as far as the Bute East Dock, mutual running powers being offered. The South Wales Railway was not hostile to these arrangements, but wished to get Great Western Railway (GWR) acquiescence. In fact the GWR were entirely opposed to the plan, seeing no benefit to compensate for the expense of carrying it out, and the negotiations were at an end; the EVR had wrapped up a number of secondary, but important, issues in the talks, and now these were lost as well.
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940:. On 16 September 1845 the promoters published their intention to obtain an act of Parliament authorising their line; the Taff Vale Railway had been aware of the move (from prior public meetings) and simultaneously published its own corresponding proposals to reach the Rhondda Fawr; the far greater resources resulted in the Ely Valley scheme being abandoned immediately.
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of
Parliament and rejected, but a second attempt in 1866 was more successful. Notwithstanding its opposition to laying mixed gauge on the South Wales Main Line, the GWR had given a parliamentary assurance that it would do so on the portion of the Ely Valley Railway to enable narrow gauge trains to run from Hendreforgan to Common Branch Junction (near
879:, attracted interest, and a private railway was built from pits there to the Glamorganshire Canal at Maesbach. The pits and the railway were owned by Thomas Powell. The line had a rope-worked incline to descend into the Taff valley. It opened in April 1844 and was known as the Llantwit Fardre Railway.
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Railway had decided that it did not wish to carry passengers, and the relatively small income in a sparsely populated area did not justify the outlay. Over the years the population in the area built up, and the company came under pressure to provide passenger trains. It
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The Great
Western Railway (GWR) had earlier taken a lease on a colliery at Gyfeillon for engine coal, but never used it and relinquished the lease. Now in April 1874 it negotiated a lease with the owner of Cil Ely Colliery, a short distance north of Tonyrefail, and this became a prime supplier to the
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c. ccv) was passed, by which the Ely Valley
Extension Railway was taken over by the Ogmore Valley Railway. The Ely Valley Extension Railway opened its line on 16 October 1865, and was worked by the Great Western Railway as part of the Ely Valley line. (It was converted to narrow gauge in May 1872 and
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The northern terminus of the Ely Valley
Railway was at Penrhiwfer, near Tonyrefail; there were important pits there. There were further productive pits a little further north, near Penygraig, in Cwm Clydach. In 1860 a Parliamentary Bill to build such an extension was withdrawn, but the EVR negotiated
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The GWR now approached the EVR with a proposal to acquire the network; the plan was to extend it to
Gyfeillon, giving the GWR broad gauge access from the colliery to its system. The EVR asked for £100,000 in cash to purchase, and difficult negotiations progressed, ending with a 999 year lease, taking
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Harbour, Dock and
Railway company. This company was friendly to the Taff Vale Railway and the Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway lay in between; an alliance between those companies, and some use of existing railways, would provide an affordable scheme. This was considered in the 1865 session
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Maesaraul, but this proved beyond its means, and it settled for running into a platform alongside the South Wales Railway station at Llantrisant. That left a gap between the two narrow gauge systems; as part of the negotiation in parliamentary committees, the GWR undertook to mix the gauge on the
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roof, and contained three tracks for the stabling of locomotives. Alongside this were the depot offices, measuring 15 ft × 45 ft (4.6 m × 13.7 m), and the stores, measuring 15 ft × 80 ft (4.6 m × 24.4 m). The coal stage measured 30 ft
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For some years the GWR had accepted that the broad gauge was a liability that had to be got rid of, but the latter half of the 1860s were very difficult financially, and the matter was delayed. From 11 May 1872 all the broad gauge lines in South Wales were progressively converted, including the Ely
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at the head of the Ogmore Valley. The promoters had observed the disadvantages of small railways adopting the broad gauge, and they determined that their line would be on the narrow (standard) gauge. However their isolated position among broad gauge lines challenged the ability of their line to get
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Cwm Clydach was a little further on and the existing pits were served by the TVR Pwllyrhebog branch. This involved a 1 in 13 incline, at this stage a rope worked incline operated on the balanced load system without a stationary steam engine. This was causing congestion as traffic volumes increased,
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As a fallback, the EVR and the Penarth company discussed the building of a connecting line between the two systems; all seemed to be going well, with discussion of assistance with funding. But in March 1860 the magnitude of the costs involved in building the new line and converting the existing EVR
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Like Tondu depot to the west, Llantrisant depot was within the Newport division, so locomotives requiring attention which was beyond the capabilities of their equipment would be sent to Ebbw Junction depot at Newport, which was the main shed for the division. In the 1910s, the GWR introduced depot
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In the 1920s road competition for passenger transport became active: tramways and trolleybuses at first and then motor buses as interurban roads were improved. Carryings on the passenger trains of the Ely Valley Railway fell disastrously. Freight traffic fared as badly; ordinary goods business was
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The Ely Valley Railway network was leased to the Great Western Railway for 999 years. In 1920 the question of absorption was considered by both companies. Both were agreeable to the idea and it took place on 1 July 1903, authorised by an act of Parliament of 11 August 1903. Ely Valley shareholders
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The Penarth company now recommended a narrow gauge connection, and the idea seemed attractive to the Ely Valley Railway (EVR) directors. In addition to the EVR converting its system to the narrow gauge, this could best be achieved by the South Wales Railway laying a third rail, to make mixed gauge
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The section between Gellirhaidd and Penygraig was next on the agenda; there was a summit at Penrhiwfer, and as part of the work, the line would be lowered by 20 feet there. This was carried out some time at the end of 1897 and in 1898. The passenger service started on 1 May 1901. The new stations
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The South Wales Railway had been formed as an independent company, but it was worked throughout its life by the Great Western Railway. Merging of the companies was to be a positive move, and the GWR absorbed the South Wales Railway, effective from 1 August 1863. The Ely Valley Railway was already
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The Ely Valley Railway (EVR) was not yet fully open, and thoughts now turned urgently to the working arrangements for their line. On 15 June 1860, an agreement was concluded with the joint operating committee of the South Wales Railway and the Great Western Railway (GWR) as to the working of the
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As this was an obvious technicality, the GWR considered how a passenger service might be provided. A double track section between Common Branch Junction and Gellirhaidd Junction, with passing loops at other places, Penrhiwfer and Penygraig, was a starting point, and this was done, opening on 20
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As well as carrying the traffic of the TVR to its new harbour, the Penarth company was interested in the traffic that might come from the Ely company, located as it was on the west side of Cardiff. A meeting took place between the two companies on 15 December 1858, at which the Penarth company
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When the Ely Valley Railway (EVR) was planned, the only other railway in the vicinity was the broad gauge South Wales Railway, and it seemed obvious at the time to make the EVR line on the same gauge. On reflection, however, this posed some serious disadvantages; iron ore bound for the
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Construction work was soon under way, and the directors decided that it was a high priority to open to the Mwyndy mine so as to bring some money in. Temporary track and horse traction was used to manage this, and an informal opening took place before 22 February 1859.
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systems, so that passenger trains ran through from Pontypridd to Cowbridge, reversing at Llantrisant. This started on 18 September 1865, when the Ely Valley Railway had finally got approval from the Board of Trade for passenger operation over the mixed gauge section.
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A limited passenger service was started in 1901. The use of the network declined in the 1920s but the passenger service continued until 1958. The general mineral traffic collapsed in the 1960s but final closure only occurred when Cwm Colliery closed on 2 March 1987.
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The agreement was finalised in October 1860 and the extension was opened to traffic in December 1862. The northern terminus was now at Dinas Goods Station, immediately north of Penygraig colliery. The extension was ratified by an act of Parliament of 30 July 1866.
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The Cambrian Colliery at Clydach Vale closed on 31 March 1967 and the line above Coed Ely Colliery was closed on 2 April 1967, the line up to that point being operated as a long siding. The Mwyndy branch from Maesaraul Junction was closed on 7 October 1968.
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c. ccxxx), on 5 August 1873. It opened, at least in part, on 10 August 1878, but the anticipated traffic was a long time in coming, partly because of an agreement between the coalmaster and the Taff Vale Railway for exclusivity of carriage of its output.
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There was a locomotive depot at Llantrisant. The original EVR depot was close to the station, but in 1900 this was replaced by a new depot on the eastern side of the line between the station and Mwyndy Junction; this was built to the specifications of
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to Mwyndy, but, no doubt encouraged by the Great Western Railway, was very slow to do so, and a legalistic point over the extent of the branch was used to delay matters. It was not until 5 December 1864 that the installation of mixed gauge was done.
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Colliery of Dr Lloyd is nearly exhausted." and when serviceable permanent way materials were urgently needed to keep the main lines going at a time of great financial pressure, the track of the branch was taken up, some time after 31 January 1867.
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was designed to give the town a connection to the merging railway network, but was short of funding. When the Taff Vale Railway assisted it by taking part of the share issue, it was inevitable that the line would be built on the narrow gauge.
1108:£35,000 worth of EVR shares and guaranteeing 5% per annum on £80,000. This was agreed and was effective from 1 January 1861, being ratified by an act of Parliament of 29 July 1862. (in fact the Gyfeillon extension was never built.)
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c. ccxlviii) (the 'New Lines Act') on 23 July 1866. It would build a new line on a north-west to south-east diagonal, from the Ely Valley Railway at Ynysmaerdy to Waterhall Junction south of Radyr, on the Penarth Harbour line.
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was being promoted, although at first it would only build eight miles of line, from Llantrisant to Dinas (Penygraig). In November the statutory parliamentary notice was published; the company name had been altered to the
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in 1861. The network suffered from being on the broad gauge when many pits and rival railways used the narrow (standard) gauge, but the GWR extended the network into Cwm Clydach and the line became heavily used. The
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was authorised on 7 June 1861, and opened part of its line at the northern end on 17 September 1863. However the southern end of the L&TVJR was a junction with the broad gauge Ely Valley Railway at Maesaraul.
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The terminus of the Gellirhaidd branch appeared ideal for a westward extension into the Ogmore Valleys, and from 1857 a number of schemes were out forward. These were without success until 28 July 1863 when the
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The passenger service on the Ely Valley Extension Railway line (now GWR) was suspended between 5 March and 26 March 1928, and withdrawn finally on 22 September 1930. Goods services continued until 5 June 1961.
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The entire Ely Valley Extension Railway network was closed on 30 June 1960, as well as the EVR Gellyrhaidd branch, except for a short stub used for stabling banking engines, which remained until 1 March 1964.
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susceptible to more flexible road lorry competition in the same way as the passenger services. The decline of some of the pits, partly from overseas competition, led to falling volumes of mineral traffic.
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proprietors were unabashed, and decided to continue with the construction of their line on the narrow gauge. To get access to a waterway, they now planned to build a line to connect to the narrow gauge
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was authorised, though in a much reduced form compared with its promoters' intentions. Instead of forming a link from Gellirhaidd into the Ogmore Valley, it was reduced to a stump from Hendreforgan to
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For some time the Great Western Railway, quite independently of the South Wales Railway, had taken an interest in the developing collieries near Gyfeillon, in the Rhondda a little west of
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Following authorisation, the emphasis on the flow from the Ogmore Valley to Penarth was much reduced, and these lines were slow to be completed; the Blackmill to Hendreforgan line of the
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and when a new pit was sunk further up the valley at Clydach Vale in 1872, potentially overwhelming the incline, the Ely Valley Railway considered it was time to compete with the TVR.
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on 13 July 1857, with capital of £70,000. At the first formal board meeting it was decided to seek powers to build a branch to the productive Mwyndy iron ore mine, and possibly on to
1100:, where excellent quality steam coal was being extracted. In 1854 the GWR had leased a colliery belonging to John Calvert, using it to supply locomotive coal. It became known as the
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Davies, F. K.; Firth, J. M.; Lucking, J. H.; Thomas, R. E.; Allcock, N. J.; Sterndale, A. C.; Barrie, D. S. M.; Reed, P. J. T.; Mountford, E. R. (April 1966). White, D. E. (ed.).
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was promoted in 1872, to run from a junction near Dinas on the EVR to the head of Cwm Clydach, nearly two miles away. The company obtained its authorising act of Parliament, the
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Mwyndy branch by the GWR, and a corresponding agreement for the Ely Valley main line was finalised soon after. The effective date of these agreements was to be 1 August 1860.
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were at Tonyrefail and Penygraig. There were typically five trains each way daily except Sundays. Coed Ely station was opened further down the valley on 13 July 1925.
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the mineral products away to Cardiff or anywhere else. The Great Western Railway (GWR) and the South Wales Railway had now merged, and the promoters of the
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Ely Valley Railway between Maesaraul and Llantrisant, enabling through running; the necessary running powers were granted to the Cowbridge Railway.
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1026:. The primary purpose of this was to relieve the congestion at the Bute docks on the east side of Cardiff, and on the approach lines of the TVR.
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Sterndale, A.C.; Parker, L.T.; Smith, C.; Reed, P.J.T.; Tabor, F.J.; Davies, F.K.; Allcock, N.J.; Lucking, J.H. (May 1974). White, D.E. (ed.).
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The Llantrisant Branches of the Taff Vale Railway: a History of the Llantrissant and Taff Vale Junction Railway and the Treferig Valley Railway
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miles long from Llantrisant to Penrhiwfer, with two branches. It was primarily a mineral railway, and passengers would not be carried.
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remained detached from the Ogmore network until the completion of the Black Mill to Hendreforgan line in September 1875.)
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privately with the landowners; with their agreement a mineral railway could be built without parliamentary sanction.
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The end of the Mwyndy branch, actually from Mwyndy siding and Brofiscin, was closed from November 1936.
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2-6-2T built in 1920, which was used as the Llantrisant shed pilot. The depot closed in October 1964.
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met with the GWR to ascertain whether they would lay mixed gauge on the main line to accommodate the
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The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part twelve: A Chronological and Statistical Survey
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Penygraig; opened 1 May 1901; renamed Penygraig and Tonypandy 1911 to 1925; closed 9 June 1958;
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system was addressed, and it was quickly seen that the whole thing was not affordable.
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The Great Western Railway was working the South Wales Railway by contract.
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BR Motive Power Allocations 1959–1968 - 1: BR Standards & Austerities
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of 1794 and primitive tramroads connecting to it were an early response.
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The Mwyndy branch was extended to Brofiscin, opening on 8 January 1862.
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only; at this stage Hendreforgan had not been reached by any railway.
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Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology
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received £120 Great Western 5% guaranteed for £100 Ely consolidated.
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History of the Great Western Railway: volume I: 1833 - 1863, part 2
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c. cxxii) of 21 July 1856 to build a harbour at the mouth of the
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although an enthusiasts' special train ran on 11 April 1987.
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leased to the SWR and the lease now transferred to the GWR.
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An Historical Survey of Great Western Engine Sheds 1947
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suggested a narrow (standard) gauge link between them.
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Llantrissant and Taff Vale Junction Railway Act 1866
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but at this stage it was limited to the area around
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2291:
The Railways of Great Britain -- A Historical Atlas
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2107:
1609:Now effectively part of the Great Western Railway.
1550:Tonyrefail; opened 1 May 1901; closed 9 June 1958;
1541:Coed Ely; opened 13 July 1925; closed 9 June 1958;
1383:took the company to the adjudication court of the
1008:Ely Tidal Harbour and Railway (Glamorgan) Act 1856
936:Fawr, connecting also to proposed railways in the
886:obtained authorisation for a trunk line from near
2808:Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway
3095:Portmadoc, Beddgelert and South Snowdon Railway
2272:The Ely Valley Railway: Llantrisant – Penygraig
1316:had hoped for much wider extensions elsewhere.
1286:Ogmore and Ely Railways (Amalgamation) Act 1865
906:, but the South Wales Railway was built on the
2648:Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
1132:(L&TVJR), a line to Llantrisant from near
3100:Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway
2963:Central Wales and Carmarthen Junction Railway
2598:Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway
2466:
1532:; divergence of line to Mwyndy and Brofiscin;
1344:In 1864 a local newspaper reported that "The
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1313:
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1261:
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864:line; its course was through the present-day
8:
3050:Corris, Machynlleth and River Dovey Tramroad
2293:. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing Limited.
2410:. The Railway and Canal Historical Society.
1379:continued to refuse to do this but in 1893
2773:Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway
2753:Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway
2678:Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway
2543:Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway
2473:
2459:
2451:
2312:. Didcot: Wild Swan Publications Limited.
2141:(second ed.). Tisbury: Oakwood Press.
2110:Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies
1130:Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway
1118:Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway
948:In October 1856 it was announced that the
917:In 1840 there was mineral activity in the
102:
70:
2743:North Pembrokeshire and Fishguard Railway
2733:Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway
2703:Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway
1896:
1884:
1851:
1821:
1809:
1738:
543:
535:
3347:Railway companies disestablished in 1903
3231:Gorseddau Junction and Portmadoc Railway
2563:Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway
2352:The Canals of South Wales and the Border
2310:Atlas of the Great Western Railway, 1947
1651:
1213:Ely and Clydach Valleys Railway Act 1873
3029:Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway
2768:Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway
2718:Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
1863:
1836:
1797:
1726:
1691:
1644:
1575:
1284:In the 1865 session of Parliament, the
561:
553:
72:
3120:Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway
2593:Clarbeston Road and Letterston Railway
2146:Baughan, Peter E. (1994). "revision".
2038:
1999:
1670:
1582:The station is now known as Pontyclun.
29:
27:Railway in south Wales, United Kingdom
3362:British companies established in 1857
3337:Railway companies established in 1857
2723:Narberth Road and Maenclochog Railway
2558:Bristol and South Wales Union Railway
2074:
2062:
1939:
1920:
1331:Absorption of the South Wales Railway
1004:Ely Tidal Harbour and Railway Company
7:
2984:Brynmawr and Western Valleys Railway
2848:Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway
2373:. Headington: Oxford Publishing Co.
2236:. Poole: Oxford Publishing Company.
2086:
2011:
1908:
1481:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
875:Mineral extraction at Dihewyd, near
3115:Ruthin and Cerrig-y-Drudion Railway
2588:Carmarthenshire Railway or Tramroad
2508:Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway
2114:. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.
3332:Great Western Railway constituents
2613:Denbigh, Ruthin and Corwen Railway
1547:; divergence of Hendreforgan line;
1092:Lease to the Great Western Railway
957:; it was to be a broad gauge line
25:
3090:North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways
3085:Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway
3009:North Wales and Liverpool Railway
2928:Chester and Connah's Quay Railway
2255:. Headington: The Oakwood Press.
1281:) reaching the L&TVJR there.
1112:Narrow gauge lines at Llantrisant
1031:Penarth Harbour, Dock and Railway
805:main line and pits at Mwyndy and
683:
649:
3352:Standard gauge railways in Wales
3251:Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway
3019:Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway
2994:Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway
2658:Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway
2638:Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway
2481:Historic Welsh railway companies
2401:. London: Great Western Railway.
2392:. London: Great Western Railway.
2167:BR Steam Motive Power Depots: WR
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3110:Pwllheli and Llanbedrog Tramway
3014:Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway
2918:Central Wales Extension Railway
2903:Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway
2783:Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
2738:Newtown and Machynlleth Railway
2618:Ely and Clydach Valleys Railway
2583:Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway
2165:Bolger, Paul (September 1983).
1385:Railway and Canal Commissioners
1209:Ely and Clydach Valleys Railway
1199:Ely and Clydach Valleys Railway
950:Ely and Rhondda Valleys Railway
823:Ely and Clydach Valleys Railway
738:
690:
490:
483:
195:
18:Ely and Clydach Valleys Railway
2958:Swansea and Carmarthen Railway
2898:Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway
2803:Shrewsbury and Chester Railway
2713:Monmouth and Hereford Railway
2693:Manchester and Milford Railway
2663:Llanidloes and Newtown Railway
1264:trains, but this was refused.
930:Rhondda and Ely Valley Railway
882:Promoters associated with the
591:
526:
437:
386:
310:
303:
1:
3327:Early Welsh railway companies
3286:Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry tramways
3065:Festiniog and Blaenau Railway
2989:Nantybwch and Rhymney Railway
2868:Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway
2858:Whitland and Cardigan Railway
2668:Llangollen and Corwen Railway
1512:Alexandra Docks & Railway
1006:had been incorporated by the
944:Ely Valley Railway authorised
656:
141:
112:
3367:1857 establishments in Wales
3342:Railway lines opened in 1860
2923:Chester and Holyhead Railway
2893:Bangor and Carnarvon Railway
2758:Oswestry and Newtown Railway
2628:Ely Valley Extension Railway
1526:; divergence from main line;
1466:× 38 m); it had a
1449:Llantrisant locomotive depot
1234:Ely Valley Extension Railway
1227:Ely Valley Extension Railway
819:Ely Valley Extension Railway
637:Llantrisant locomotive depot
620:
613:
415:
393:
364:
267:
245:
3130:Swansea and Mumbles Railway
3105:Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway
2933:Conway and Llanrwst Railway
2748:North Wales Mineral Railway
2513:Alexandra Docks and Railway
1536:Llantrisant Common Junction
1049:smelters had to travel via
976:Ely Valley Railway Act 1857
627:
476:
357:
337:
330:
296:
274:
238:
202:
168:
161:
134:
3383:
3191:Crawshay's Private Railway
3166:Beaufort Ironworks Tramway
3034:Wrexham and Minera Railway
2833:Vale of Llangollen Railway
2823:Tanat Valley Light Railway
2763:Pembroke and Tenby Railway
2633:Gwendraeth Valleys Railway
2578:Cardiff and Ogmore Railway
2548:Brecon and Merthyr Railway
2523:Bala and Festiniog Railway
2350:Hadfield, Charles (1957).
2274:. Usk: The Oakwood Press.
1121:
1115:
910:. It had a station called
2948:Red Wharf Bay branch line
2828:Vale of Glamorgan Railway
2798:Ross and Monmouth Railway
2683:Llynvi and Ogmore Railway
2518:Bala and Dolgelly Railway
1966:, pp. M23, M24, M28.
1325:Llynvi and Ogmore Railway
1124:Llantrisant-Aberthaw line
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3125:Snowdon Mountain Railway
2888:Anglesey Central Railway
2728:Neath and Brecon Railway
2397:MacDermot, E.T. (1931).
2388:MacDermot, E.T. (1927).
2289:Cobb, Col. M.H. (2003).
2201:: Patrick Stephens Ltd.
2137:Barrie, D.S.M. (1982) .
1381:Glamorgan County Council
1207:A nominally independent
2843:Vale of Rheidol Railway
2608:Corwen and Bala Railway
2503:Aberdare Valley Railway
2270:Chapman, Colin (2000).
2251:Chapman, Colin (1996).
2232:Chapman, Colin (1984).
1340:Castellau branch closed
904:Isambard Kingdom Brunel
862:narrow (standard) gauge
3276:Penrhyn Quarry Railway
3256:Merionethshire Railway
3145:Welsh Highland Railway
2908:Carnarvonshire Railway
2528:Barry Dock and Railway
3301:Trefor Quarry railway
3181:Cedryn Quarry Tramway
2968:Vale of Clwyd Railway
2913:Central Wales Railway
2838:Vale of Neath Railway
2369:Lyons, E.T. (1974) .
2234:The Cowbridge Railway
2139:The Taff Vale Railway
2024:Sterndale et al. 1974
1988:Sterndale et al. 1974
1976:Sterndale et al. 1974
1964:Sterndale et al. 1974
1952:Sterndale et al. 1974
1399:Absorption by the GWR
1186:North from Penrhiwfer
1122:Further information:
1055:Vale of Neath Railway
884:Great Western Railway
814:Great Western Railway
3296:Saundersfoot Railway
3024:Vale of Towy Railway
2999:Taff Bargoed Railway
2853:West Midland Railway
2406:Quick, M.E. (2002).
2308:Cooke, R.A. (1997).
2053:, pp. K21, K22.
1990:, pp. M29, M31.
1978:, pp. M26, M29.
1545:Gellyrhaidd Junction
1508:5700 class (0-6-0PT)
1323:(merged to form the
851:Glamorganshire Canal
403:Gellyrhaidd Junction
3357:7 ft gauge railways
3226:Elan Valley Railway
3154:Industrial railways
3080:Kinmel Camp Railway
3070:Glyn Valley Tramway
2813:South Wales Railway
2778:Port Talbot Railway
2428:Teal, Paul (1985).
1524:Ely Valley Junction
1504:4200 class (2-8-0T)
1500:1400 class (0-4-2T)
1430:the following day.
1251:to the present-day
803:South Wales Railway
3281:Penydarren Tramway
3241:Hendre-Ddu Tramway
3196:Crickheath Tramway
3060:Ffestiniog Railway
3055:Fairbourne Railway
2863:Wye Valley Railway
2623:Ely Valley Railway
2538:Blaenavon Tramroad
2104:Awdry, Christopher
2051:Davies et al. 1966
2014:, pp. 31, 32.
2002:, pp. 79, 82.
1911:, p. 118,102.
1496:455 class (2-4-0T)
1487:at the same time.
1102:Great Western Mine
955:Ely Valley Railway
795:Ely Valley Railway
572:Maesaraul Junction
33:Ely Valley Railway
3314:
3313:
3236:Gorseddau Tramway
3161:Bailey's Tramroad
3043:Independent lines
2818:Taff Vale Railway
2708:Mid-Wales Railway
2653:Llancaiach Branch
2568:Cambrian Railways
2208:978-1-85260-508-7
1306:29 & 30 Vict.
1290:28 & 29 Vict.
1217:36 & 37 Vict.
1149:Cowbridge Railway
1018:, to the west of
1012:19 & 20 Vict.
998:Ely Tidal Harbour
982:c. xli) received
980:20 & 21 Vict.
858:Taff Vale Railway
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665:Brofiskin Siding
454:Common Junction (
16:(Redirected from
3374:
3306:Tremadoc Tramway
3291:Rhiwbach Tramway
3211:Dinorwic Railway
3176:Buckley Tramroad
3171:Bryn Oer Tramway
3135:Talyllyn Railway
2943:Llanelly Railway
2938:Knighton Railway
2878:London and North
2673:Llangurig branch
2553:Bridgend Railway
2498:Aberdare Railway
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2191:(October 1995).
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1477:British Railways
1408:Road competition
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1353:Gauge conversion
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3216:Dowlais Railway
3206:Deeside Tramway
3201:Croesor Tramway
3149:
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3004:Buckley Railway
2972:
2953:Sirhowy Railway
2880:Western Railway
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2788:Rhymney Railway
2698:Mawddwy Railway
2643:Kington Tramway
2573:Cardiff Railway
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3140:Van Railway
3075:Hay Railway
2977:Joint lines
2039:Bolger 1983
2000:Bolger 1983
1671:Barrie 1982
1563:end of line
912:Llantrisant
908:broad gauge
707:Llantrisant
64:broad gauge
59:Track gauge
3321:Categories
2183:. DX/0983.
2132:. CN 8983.
2075:Quick 2002
2063:Cooke 1997
1940:Lyons 1974
1921:Awdry 1990
1639:References
1518:Topography
1468:northlight
1374:Passengers
1298:L&TVJR
1279:Ynysmaerdy
1179:L&TVJR
1168:L&TVJR
1157:L&TVJR
1141:L&TVJR
1098:Pontypridd
1079:Tonyrefail
928:In 1845 a
888:Gloucester
870:Pontypridd
839:River Taff
807:Penrhiwfer
502:L&TVJR
456:L&TVJR
374:Tonyrefail
2434:Ian Allan
2225:11956311M
2199:Sparkford
2171:Ian Allan
2087:Cobb 2003
2012:Teal 1985
1909:Butt 1995
1620:Extension
1462:(15
1428:Porthcawl
1253:Nantymoel
1249:Blackmill
1134:Treforest
1083:Castellau
1016:River Ely
866:Abercynon
809:in 1860.
506:Cross Inn
255:Penygraig
224:Blackmill
75:Route map
53:Technical
2217:60251199
2130:19514063
2106:(1990).
1506:and the
1346:Castella
1053:and the
896:Chepstow
821:and the
425:Coed Ely
38:Overview
2490:Railway
1492:railcar
1274:Penarth
1047:Dowlais
1043:Merthyr
1020:Cardiff
966:⁄
934:Rhondda
919:Rhondda
900:Swansea
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1051:Neath
1024:Radyr
923:Dinas
47:Wales
2438:ISBN
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2238:ISBN
2213:OCLC
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2175:ISBN
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2126:OCLC
2116:ISBN
1460:feet
1296:The
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