Quakers_Yard_and_Merthyr_Railway

Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway

Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway

Railway in South Wales

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. [1]
    Casserley 1968, p. 137.
  2. [2]
    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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