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

Route

A 1905 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Merthyr Tydfil

A 1903 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Quaker's Yard

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

Closure

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

Notes

1. Casserley 1968, p. 137.
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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• anon. Pre-Grouping Railway Junction Diagrams 1914. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1256-3.