Valleys &Cardiff Local Routes is the network of passenger suburban railway services radiating from Cardiff,Wales. It includes lines within the city itself,the Vale of Glamorgan and the South Wales Valleys.
Cynon Valley is a former coal mining valley in Wales. It lies between Rhondda and the Merthyr Valley and takes its name from the River Cynon. Aberdare is located in the north of the valley and Mountain Ash in the south. From 1974 to 1996,Cynon Valley was a local government district.
Abercynon is a village and community in the Cynon Valley within the unitary authority of Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales. The community comprises the village and the districts of Carnetown and Grovers Field to the south,Navigation Park to the east,and Glancynon to the north.
The South Wales Valleys are a group of industrialised peri-urban valleys in South Wales. Most of the valleys run north–south,roughly parallel to each other. Commonly referred to as "The Valleys",they stretch from Carmarthenshire in the west to Monmouthshire in the east;to the edge of the pastoral country of the Vale of Glamorgan and the coastal plain near the cities of Swansea,Cardiff,and Newport.
The Merthyr line is a commuter railway line in South Wales;it connects Cardiff Central with Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare. The line is part of the Cardiff urban rail network,known as the Valley Lines.
Hirwaun is a village and community at the north end of the Cynon Valley in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf,South Wales. It is 4 miles (6 km) NW of the town of Aberdare,and comes under the Aberdare post town. At the 2001 census,Hirwaun had a population of 4,851. increasing at the 2011 census to 4,990. The village is on the Heads of the Valleys Road and at the southern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Treforest railway station is a railway station serving the village of Treforest,Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales. It is located on the Merthyr Line and the Rhondda Line 18 km north west of Cardiff Central. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales.
Mountain Ash railway station serves the town of Mountain Ash in Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales. It is located on the Aberdare branch of the Merthyr Line and on the banks of the Afon Cynon,a major river in the town. Services are provided by Transport for Wales and run to all Valley Lines destinations.
Taffs Well railway station is a railway station serving the village of Taff's Well,Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales,as well as neighbouring Gwaelod-y-Garth,Cardiff. It is located on the Merthyr Line and the Rhondda Line. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales.
Penrhiwceiber railway station serves the village of Penrhiwceiber,Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales. It is located on the Aberdare branch of the Merthyr Line between the town of Mountain Ash and the village of Abercynon. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales.
Fernhill railway station serves the village of Fernhill in the Cynon Valley,Wales. It is located on the Aberdare branch of the Merthyr Line. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales.
Cwmbach railway station serves the village of Cwmbach in Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales. It is located on the Merthyr line branch of the Merthyr Line. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales.
Merthyr Tydfil railway station serves the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. It is the northern terminus of the Merthyr branch of the Merthyr Line. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales. The station has one platform and is situated near to the Tesco supermarket in the town.
Cadoxton railway station is a railway station serving Cadoxton and Palmerstown near Barry,Vale of Glamorgan,South Wales. It is located on the Barry Branch 6½ miles (10 km) south of Cardiff Central. The line continues to the terminus of the Barry Branch at Barry Island but from Barry Junction the line also continues as the Vale of Glamorgan branch to Bridgend via Rhoose for Cardiff International Airport bus link and then Llantwit Major.
Treherbert railway station serves the village of Treherbert in Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales. It is the northern terminus of the Rhondda Line.
Tower Colliery was the oldest continuously working deep-coal mine in the United Kingdom,and possibly the world,until its closure in 2008. It was the last mine of its kind to remain in the South Wales Valleys. It was located near the villages of Hirwaun and Rhigos,north of the town of Aberdare in the Cynon Valley of South Wales.
Rhigos is a small village on the saddle of higher ground between the Vale of Neath and the Cynon Valley. It was part of the old Neath Rural district Council under Glamorgan until 1974. The village then came under the jurisdiction of The Cynon Valley Borough which subsequently became Rhondda Cynon Taf,South Wales in 1996. It lies just off the old Aberdare road that was the main link between Aberdare and Glynneath,before the A465 road was extended in the 1960s. The hamlets of Cefn Rhigos and Cwm-Hwnt lie to the west of the main village.
The Vale of Neath Railway (VoNR) was a broad gauge railway company,that built a line from Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare to Neath,in Wales,mostly to transport the products of the Merthyr iron industries to ports on Swansea Bay.
Hirwaun was a railway station serving the village of Hirwaun in Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales.
David Davis,Blaengwawr,was a leading figure in the South Wales coal industry and a founder of the steam coal trade.
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