The Rhymney Railway (RR) was a railway company in South Wales, founded to transport minerals and materials to and from collieries and ironworks in the Rhymney Valley of South Wales, and to docks in Cardiff. It opened a main line in 1858, and a limited passenger service was operated in addition.
The first line was dependent on the cooperation of the parallel Taff Vale Railway (TVR) for part of the transit, and this relationship was uneasy; the Rhymney Railway built an independent line to Cardiff in 1871. Better relations were created with the London and North Western Railway (LNWR), and later the Great Western Railway (GWR), and two important joint lines with the GWR were built: the Taff Bargoed line (1876) and the Quakers Yard and Merthyr Joint line (1882).
Although the Rhymney Railway network was never large, it was remarkably profitable, and paid excellent dividends for most of its life. Dependent on mineral traffic for its own success, it declined in the 1970s, but the main line from Rhymney to Cardiff remains in heavy use as a local passenger line.
The RhymneyRailway (RR) was a railway company in South Wales, founded to transport minerals and materials to and from collieries and ironworks in the...
academic year. The College Rhymney is now permanently closed. Rhymneyrailway station is on the Rhymney Line. Featured on the Rhymney Line is a viaduct that...
Rhymneyrailway station serves the town of Rhymney in Wales. Situated on the Valley Lines network 23 miles (37 km) north of Cardiff Central, it is the...
built costly branches to connect to the Rhymney and Brecon & Merthyr Railways. Although chiefly a mineral railway, it ran a suburban passenger service from...
feuding between the Taff Vale Railway and the RhymneyRailway. Finally on 7 October 1871 the London and North Western Railway secured access to the docks...
renamed Cardiff (Rhymney) in 1888 and then Cardiff Parade in 1924. The Taff Vale and Rhymneyrailways became part of the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1922...
Bargoed Rhymney valley, but the RhymneyRailway was given similar powers and they were mutually exclusive. Eventually the powers were divided, the Rhymney Railway...
to Caerphilly, Bargoed and Rhymney. The name comes from the fact that the original line was part of the RhymneyRailway's system. The line is currently...
RhymneyRailway was the main competitor to the TVR in bringing coal down from the valleys. For many years, until 1871, this involved RhymneyRailway coal...
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Crockherbtown was a railway station in the area then known as Crockherbtown in central Cardiff, and was the main Cardiff station of the RhymneyRailway. It was opened...
Hengoed & Maesycwmmer when opened by the RhymneyRailway in 1858. Then on railway grouping into the Great Western Railway in 1923 it became known as Hengoed...
hillside to the west. The village is served by Llanbradach railway station on the former RhymneyRailway line. The village is twinned with the village of Ploubezre...
The RhymneyRailway M class was a class of 0-6-2T tank locomotive introduced into traffic on the RhymneyRailway in 1904. These were substantial sized...
The Rhymney R class was a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotive introduced into traffic in 1907 designed by the railway's engineer Hurry Riches. These were...
The RhymneyRailway P class was a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotive introduced into traffic in 1909 designed by the RhymneyRailway's engineer C. T. Hurry...
Aber railway station is a railway station serving the town of Caerphilly, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line 8+1⁄4 miles (13.3 km) north of...
The Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway in South Wales was owned jointly by the Great Western Railway and the RhymneyRailway. At its southern end, the line...
Caerphilly railway station (Welsh: Gorsaf reilffordd Caerffili) is a railway station serving the town of Caerphilly, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line...
The RhymneyRailway A class were 0-6-2T tank locomotives introduced into traffic in 1910 and designed by the railway's engineer Hurry Riches. These were...
Heath High Level railway station is one of two railway stations serving Heath, Cardiff, Wales. The station is located on the Rhymney Line. Passenger services...
The Vale of Rheidol Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Cwm Rheidol) is a 1 ft 11+3⁄4 in (603 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway in Ceredigion, Wales, between...
of the Great Western Railway (GWR) were specified by Isambard Kingdom Brunel but Daniel Gooch was soon appointed as the railway's Locomotive Superintendent...
Troedyrhifuwch Halt railway station co-served the village of Tir-Phil, in the historic county of Glamorgan, Wales, from 1908 to 1916 on the RhymneyRailway. The station...
The Talyllyn Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Talyllyn) is a narrow-gauge railway in Wales running for 7+1⁄4 miles (12 km) from Tywyn on the Mid-Wales coast...
The Ffestiniog Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Ffestiniog) is a heritage railway based on 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) narrow-gauge, located in Gwynedd, Wales...
Ystrad Mynach railway station is a railway station serving the town of Ystrad Mynach, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines...
The Fairbourne Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd y Friog) is a 12+1⁄4 in (311 mm) gauge miniature railway running for 2 miles (3.2 km) from the village of Fairbourne...
The RhymneyRailway S class was a class of 0-6-0T steam locomotives introduced into traffic in 1908 designed by the railway's engineer Hurry Riches. There...
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