Rhynmey Railway, Glamorgan
Historical Description
Rhynmey Railway, a railway in South Wales, partly in Monmouthshire, but chiefly in Glamorgan. From Rhymney it runs southwards by Bargoed, Ystrad, and Caerphilly, to Cardiff. The company first, by authority obtained in 1854, formed a line fully 9 miles long from Bhymney, down the valley of the Rhymney river, to a junction with the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford line at Hengoed; they next extended the line, about 9 miles farther southward, to a junction with the Taff Vale line at Walnut Tree Bridge, and also acquired running powers over 6 miles of the Taff Vale line on to Cardiff; they next formed a branch from Bargoed, giving access to Dowlais, and to the Brecon and Merthyr, the Mid Wales, and the other Welsh railway systems; they next acquired powers to form junction lines of 3 miles with the Brecon and Merthyr, and with the Merthyr, Tredegar, and Abergavenny lines, and to construct a line of 12½ miles from Caerphilly to Cardiff, giving them access to Cardiff, and thus providing a through route of 24¼ miles over the company's own lines from Rhymney to Cardiff. At Caerphilly there are connections with the Pontypridd, Caerphilly, and .Newport line, while the company's connections with the L. & N.W.R. at Rhymney, and with the G.W.R. at Hengoed, provide important through routes to other parts of Wales and to England. Total mileage, 45½ miles.
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