Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway

The Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway was a railway company in South Wales. It was owned jointly by the Great Western Railway and the Rhymney Railway.[1]

History

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 Cyfartha Junction.[1]

The line was jointly owned and operated by the GWR and the Rhymney Railway; it opened in 1886.[1]

Passenger trains over the line ran between Merthyr Tydfil and Cardiff; the services ended in 1951.[1]

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