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Rhondda line
A pair of Arriva Trains Wales Class 142s at Treforest, with a Class 150 on the opposite line in the background.
Single track – Treherbert to Porth with a passing loop at Ystrad Double track – Porth to Cardiff
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
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Rhondda and
Swansea Bay Railway
Treherbert
Ynyswen
Treorchy
Ton Pentre
Ystrad Rhondda
Llwynypia
Tonypandy
Dinas Rhondda
Porth
Trehafod
Merthyr line and
Aberdare Line
Pontypridd
Treforest
Treforest Estate
(closed Sundays)
Taffs Well
Radyr
City Line
Llandaf
Cathays
Coryton Line and
Rhymney line
Cardiff Queen Street
Butetown branch line
Cardiff Central
South Wales Main Line
Vale of Glamorgan Line
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The Rhondda line, also known as the Treherbert line,[3][4] is a commuter railway line in South Wales from Cardiff to Treherbert. The line follows the Merthyr line as far as Pontypridd, where it then diverges to continue along the Rhondda Valley.
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