The Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway in South Wales was owned jointly by the Great Western Railway and the Rhymney Railway.[1]
History
Route
A 1905 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Merthyr Tydfil (left, the QY&MR is shown in yellow and violet)
A 1903 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Quaker's Yard (right, the QY&MR is shown in yellow and violet)
At its southern end, the line connected to the Vale of Neath line of the Great Western Railway (GWR)[1] at Joint Line Junction, just west of Quakers Yard High Level railway station.[2] The line ran up the Vale of Merthyr, and at the northern end it connected to the Merthyr branch of the Vale of Neath line at Cyfarthfa Junction.[1]
Ownership and operation
The line opened in 1886 and was jointly owned and operated by the GWR and the Rhymney Railway.[1]
Closure
Passenger trains over the line ran between Merthyr Tydfil and Cardiff. The services ended in 1951.[1]
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 Casserley 1968, p. 137.
- ↑ Railway Junction Diagrams 1914, p. 131.
References
- Casserley, H.C. (April 1968). Britain's Joint Lines. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0024-7. 469 CEX 468.
- anon. Pre-Grouping Railway Junction Diagrams 1914. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1256-3.
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