Llantrisant Branch Junction

Location type

Junction

Name and dates

Llantrisant Branch Junction

Opened on the Taff Vale Railway.
Opened on the Llantrissant and Taff Vale Junction Railway.

Chronology Dates

07/06/1861Llantrissant and Taff Vale Junction Railway
Act passed for this Taff Vale Railway backed line. The line was promoted to stop expansion eastwards of the Great Western Railway backed schemes from Llantrisant. The line ran from Llantrisant Branch Junction, Treforest, to meet the Mwyndy Branch (Ely Valley Railway) at Maesaraul.