Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint Railway
Dates
| / /1871 | Rhymney Railway Connection made between the Rhymney Railway (at south facing Penalltau Branch Junction) to a west facing junction on the Taff Vale Extension. This gave access to the line as far west as Middle Duffryn Junction and also the Taff Bargoed Joint Line and Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint Railway both of which were jointly owned by the Great Western Railway and the Rhymney Railway to compete with the Taff Vale Railway. |
| 01/04/1886 | [Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint Railway] Abercanaid opened |
| 01/04/1886 | [Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint Railway] Aberfan opened |
| 01/04/1886 | Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint Railway (Great Western Railway and Rhymney Railway) Opened. The line connected to the Crawshays Private Railway and the Vale of Neath Railway at Merthyr. Joint Great Western Railway and Rhymney Railway. |
| /01/1902 | [Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint Railway] Aberfan renamed Aberfan for Merthyr Vale |
| 09/09/1913 | [Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint Railway] Abercanaid renamed Abercanaid and Pentrebach |
| 01/07/1924 | [Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint Railway] Abercanaid and Pentrebach renamed Abercanaid |
| /07/1932 | [Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint Railway] Aberfan for Merthyr Vale renamed Aberfan |
| / /1951 | Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint Railway (Great Western Railway and Rhymney Railway) Branch over the river to Merthyr Vale Colliery closed. |
| 12/02/1951 | [Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint Railway] Abercanaid closed |
| 12/02/1951 | [Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint Railway] Aberfan closed |
| 12/02/1951 | Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint Railway (Great Western Railway and Rhymney Railway) Closed to passengers. |
