Nearby stations St y-Nyll Halt St Fagans Creigiau Wenvoe Ystradowen Pontyclun Trerhyngyll and Maendy Fairwater Ely (Main Line) Radyr Cross Inn Waun-Gron Park Danescourt Pentrych Llanharry | Peterston West Junction Pont sarr Crossing Tynycaeu Junction Drope Junction Miskin Loops Wenvoe Tunnel Mwyndy Creigiau Quarry Rhiwsaeson Mine Maesaraul Junction Waterhall Junction Radyr Yard Radyr Quarry Junction Mwyndy Junction Common Branch 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. |
A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: South Wales v. 12 (Regional railway history series) |