Middle Duffryn Colliery

Location type

Mine

Name and dates

Middle Duffryn Colliery

Served by the Aberdare Railway.
Served by the Aberdare Valley Railway.

Chronology Dates

  /  /    Powell Duffryn Private Railway
Line ran from Middle Duffryn Colliery on the Vale of Neath Railway over the Taff Vale Railway to join a line from Aberaman and on up the Aman Valley.
  /06/1853Vale of Neath Railway
Extended from Aberdare to the Aberdare Canal basin. Pig Iron from Hirwaun could be loaded onto canal barges and coal from Middle Duffryn Colliery taken to Hirwaun.
02/07/1855Aberdare Valley Railway
Act for the Vale of Neath Railway to connect from Aberdare to Middle Duffryn Colliery. Chairman: Henry Austin Bruce.

Books


Aberdare Railway (Oakwood Library of Railway History)

Aberdare: The Railways and Tramroads

Pontypridd to Merthyr: Including Aberdare (Welsh Valleys)

The Taff Vale Railway: Rails Around Rhondda and Aberdare Pt. 2 (Railway Heritage)