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Merthyr Line
Transport for Wales Rail Class 150 at Pontypridd
Overview
Owner
Transport for Wales[1]
Locale
Cardiff Rhondda Cynon Taff
Termini
Cardiff Central
Merthyr Tydfil
Aberdare
Service
Type
Heavy rail
System
National Rail
Operator(s)
Transport for Wales Rail
Rolling stock
Class 150 DMUs
Technical
Line length
Merthyr–Abercynon: 8 miles 18 chains (13.2 km)
Aberdare–Abercynon: 6 miles 8 chains (9.8 km)
Abercynon–Cardiff: 15 miles 74 chains (25.6 km)
Total: 30 miles 20 chains (48.7 km)
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Number of tracks
Double track Cardiff to Abercynon, single track with loops on Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil branches
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map
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Legend
Tower Colliery
Hirwaun
Trecynon Halt
Aberdare
Cwmbach
Abercwmboi Halt
Fernhill
Mountain Ash
Penrhiwceiber
Matthewstown Halt
Pontcynon Halt
Merthyr Tydfil
Pentre-bach
Troed-y-rhiw
Merthyr Vale
Quakers Yard
Abercynon North
Abercynon
Rhondda line
Pontypridd
Treforest
Treforest Estate
Taffs Well
Radyr
City Line
Llandaf
Cathays
Coryton & Rhymney lines
Cardiff Queen Street
Butetown branch line
Cardiff Central
South Wales Main Line
Vale of Glamorgan Line
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The Merthyr line is a commuter railway line in South Wales from central Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare. The line is part of the Cardiff urban rail network, known as the Valley Lines.
^"Impact of Core Valley Lines divestment on the Wales & Western region" (PDF). orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
^Yonge, John; Padgett, David (August 2010) [1989]. Bridge, Mike (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 3: Western (5th ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. maps 28B & 29A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-6-7.
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Taff Vale Railway Company to serve the iron and coal industries around Merthyr Tydfil and to connect them with docks in Cardiff. It was opened in stages...
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