RAILSCOT | Drope Junction

Junction

Drope Junction

Opened on the Barry Dock and Railways.

Nearby stations St Fagans St y-Nyll Halt Wenvoe Peterston Ely (Main Line) Waun-Gron Park Fairwater Danescourt Radyr Llandaff Ninian Park Pentrych Coryton [CR] Grangetown [Cardiff] Creigiau	Wenvoe Tunnel Tynycaeu Junction Peterston West Junction Waterhall Junction Radyr Quarry Junction Radyr Yard Leckwith Junction Pont sarr Crossing Llandaff Loop Junction Tin Works Roath Branch Junction Penarth Curve North Junction Cardiff Canton Depots Penarth Curve South Junction Penarth Curve East Junction
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

14/08/1884	Barry Dock and Railways Established by an Act. Led by David Davies of Ocean Collieries. The line was to run from Barry to Cadoxton Junction then north to Drope Junction for a branch to Peterston with the South Wales Railway (then a further junction, Tynycaeau Junction, with the same line from St Fagan's) and then north to the Treforest estate at Tonteg Junction for a connection with the Taff Vale Railway before finishing near Trehafod, joining the Taff Vale Railway.