Cardiff Railway

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The Cardiff Railway came into being from the need to service Bute Docks, so as to provide facilities for the traffic to and from the Docks. The railway was only 11 miles in length, a fact which belied its importance, since it provided both the Taff Vale Railway and the Rhymney Railway, inter alia, with access.

On August 6, 1897 the Bute Docks Company became the Cardiff Railway, and the line between Heath Junction and Treforest was opened. The Cardiff Railway remained independent until the Grouping of 1923, when it became a constituent part of the Great Western Railway.