Ely Valley Railway
Dates
| / /1860 | Great Western Railway Buys the Cilely Colliery near Tonyrefail and the Ely Valley Railway. (1860s). |
| 02/08/1860 | Ely Valley Railway Broad gauge line opened from Llantrisant on the South Wales Railway. The line is worked by the Great Western Railway. |
| / /1861 | Ely Valley Railway Great Western Railway takes a 999 year lease of the line. |
| /01/1862 | Ely Valley Railway Line built to Mwyndy Ironworks and Brofiskin limeworks and another to Gellyrhaidd Colliery. |
| /12/1862 | Ely Valley Railway Line extended from Tonyrefail to Penygraig Colliery. |
| / /1865 | Llantrissant and Taff Vale Junction Railway Common Branch Junction to Llantrisant Common Branch Junction (with the Ely Valley Railway) opened. |
| /01/1865 | Ely Valley Railway Third rail laid from Maesaraul to Llantrisant is used by the Taff Vale Railway. |
| 10/08/1878 | Ely and Clydach Valleys Railway Extends the Ely Valley Railway from Penygraig to Cambrian Colliery by the Taff Vale Railway's Pwllrhebog Branch. |
| 01/05/1901 | Ely Valley Railway Passenger services start from Llantrisant to Penygraig. |
| / /1903 | Ely Valley Railway Merged into the Great Western Railway. |
| 30/11/1983 | Ely Valley Railway Colliery and washery at Coed Ely closed and line closed from Coed Ely to Mwyndy Junction, excluded. |
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Pontyclun to Penygraig
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Maesaraul Branch
