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Taff's Well

Location type

Station

Names and dates

Walnut Tree Junction (1869-1886)
Walnut Tree Bridge (1886-1900)
Taff's Well (1900-)

Where: Rhondda, Cynon, Taff, Wales
Opened on the Taff Vale Railway.

Nearby stations Taff^s Well [1st] Glanyllyn Tongwynlais Pentrych Nantgarw Halt Low Level Nantgarw Halt High Level Radyr Coryton [CR] Treforest Estate Whitchurch [CR] Groeswen Halt Efail Isaf Rhiwbina Tonteg Platform Llandaff	Walnut Tree Junction Walnut Tree Viaduct Tongwynlais Tunnel New Rockwood Colliery Walnut Tree Tunnel Penthos Lower Junction Nantgarw Cokeworks Nantgarw Colliery Penrhos Junction Tin Works Radyr Yard Watford Crossing Junction Beddau Loop Junction Radyr Quarry Junction Tonteg Viaduct
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

/ /1846	Taff Vale Railway Cardiff to Taff's Well doubled. Trains ran on the right track.
/ /1847	Taff Vale Railway Taff's Well to Navigation House doubled. Ynyscoi Tunnel opened out as part of the doubling of the line.
02/07/1855	Rhymney Railway Act for line from Hengoed to Walnut Tree Junction at Taff's Well on the Taff Vale Railway. Running powers granted from Walnut Tree Junction to Crockherbtown Junction, just north of Cardiff Queen Street. A Rhymney Railway line is authorised from here to Bute East Dock.

News items

20/01/2020	Taff's Well metro depot construction started by Transport for Wales [Railway Technology]