The Merthyr line is a commuter railway line in South Wales from central Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare. The line is part of the Cardiff urban rail...
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Merthyr Tydfil (Welsh: Merthyr Tudful) is the main town in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, administered by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council...
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Rhondda line, also known as the Treherbert line, is a commuter railway line in South Wales from Cardiff to Treherbert. The line follows the Merthyr line as...
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Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. It is the terminus of the Merthyr branch of the Merthyr Line. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales. The station...
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route via Merthyr Tydfil, Rhymney, Tredegar to Ebbw Vale Newport: North via Ebbw Vale Line to Abertillery West via the former Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction...
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Rail transport in Cardiff (section Merthyr Line)
stretch of the line are usually every 10 minutes. After calling at Abercynon, the line splits into two branches; one to Merthyr Tydfil via Merthyr Vale and...
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Quakers Yard railway station (redirect from Edwardsville, Merthyr Tydfil)
in the community of Treharris, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. It is located on the Merthyr Tydfil branch of the Merthyr Line. Passenger services are provided...
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and Aberfan in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. It is located on the Merthyr branch of the Merthyr Line. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales. Since...
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lines with the GWR were built: the Taff Bargoed line (1876) and the Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint line (1882). Although the Rhymney Railway network was...
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Merthyr Tydfil was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Glamorgan. From 1832 to 1868 it returned one Member of Parliament...
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Glamorgan, 25 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 15 in Caerphilly, 8 in Bridgend and 5 in Merthyr Tydfil. Services on these routes are provided by Class 150 DMUs and Class...
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Cathays and Radyr, of which 2 tph continue to Aberdare 2 tph continue to Merthyr Tydfil 2 tph continue to Treherbert 4 tph to Ystrad Mynach, of which 4...
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Vale of Neath Railway (section Merthyr line)
company, that built a line from Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare to Neath, in Wales, mostly to transport the products of the Merthyr iron industries to ports...
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KeolisAmey Wales that the line would be re-integrated into Valley Lines services, with 6 trains per hour to operate from Merthyr Tydfil, Aberdare and Treherbert...
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The Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway (B&MR) was a railway company in Wales. It was originally intended to link the towns in its name. Finding...
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adjacent to the Taff Trail. The station is on the Merthyr Line, and is also the northern terminus of the City Line. Radyr was originally a major railway junction...
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The Merthyr Rising, also referred to as the Merthyr Riots, of 1831 was the violent climax to many years of simmering unrest among the large working class...
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Aberfan (category Villages in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough)
coal mining village in the Taff Valley 4 mi (6 km) south of the town of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. On 21 October 1966, it became known for the Aberfan disaster...
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village of Abercynon in the Cynon Valley, Wales. It is located on the Merthyr Line, 15.5 miles (25 km) north of Cardiff Central. Passenger services are...
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Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located at the junction of the Merthyr line and the Rhondda line and has for many years been the only station serving the town...
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The Merthyr Tramroad (sometimes referred to as the Penydarren Tramroad due to its use by Trevithick's locomotive built at that ironworks) was a 9.75-mile-long...
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Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is the terminus of the Aberdare branch of the Merthyr Line, 22½ miles (36 km) north northwest of Cardiff Central. Passenger services...
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Taff Vale Railway (section Merthyr station)
Taff Vale Railway Company to serve the iron and coal industries around Merthyr Tydfil and to connect them with docks in Cardiff. It was opened in stages...
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neighbouring Gwaelod-y-Garth, Cardiff. It is located on the Merthyr Line and the Rhondda Line. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales. The...
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Line to Pontypridd to Treherbert Merthyr Line to Pontypridd and Abercynon continuing to either Aberdare or Merthyr Tydfil, plus the freight-only section...
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the Cynon Valley, Wales. It was located on the Aberdare branch of the Merthyr Line 15¼ miles (24 km) north of Cardiff Central. Passenger services were provided...
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Mountain Ash in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The village is served by Fernhill railway station on the Merthyr Line - Aberdare branch. Fernhill residents v t e...
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workers and visitors of Treforest Industrial Estate. It is located on the Merthyr Line, 8.7 miles (14 km) north-west of Cardiff Central. Passenger services...
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Treforest, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located on the Merthyr Line and the Rhondda Line 18 km (11½ miles) north west of Cardiff Central. Passenger...
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Pentre-bach railway station (category Railway stations in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough)
villages of Pentrebach and Abercanaid in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. It is located on the Merthyr branch of the Merthyr Line. Passenger services are provided by...
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