Taffs Well to Penrhos Jn 210720 1963

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Taffs Well to Penrhos Jn 210720 1963
Taffs Well to Penrhos Jn 210720 1963

A trackbed walk from Taffs Well to Penrhos Junction and back 21 July 2020.

This is the trackbed of the Barry Railway line from Tynycaeau Junction (on that company's main line from Barry to the Rhondda Valley) to Penrhos Junction, where it met the Rhymney Railway at the top of the 'Big Hill' from Taffs Well. This section was opened on 1 August 1901 and was extended eastwards across the Rhymney Valley to a junction with the Newport & Brecon Railway north of Bedwas on 1 January 1905.

Despite the massive viaduct to take the BR across the Rhymney Valley, it only had a life from 1 January 1905 until an Act of Parliament on 4 August 1926 permitted closure with immediate effect. There were never any daily passenger services over the BR through Penrhos Junction, but seasonal excursions ran this way until the 1960s. The last section to remain open was to serve the Dolomite quarry and works on the far side of Walnut Tree Viaduct, the end of rail traffic resulting in closure on 18 December 1967, and that saw the end of rail traffic here.

The minor track over the bed of the railway. This is more than a footbridge and at one time was clearly capable of taking small carts or vehicles.

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