The Taff Vale Railway (TVR) was a standard gauge railway in South Wales,built by the Taff Vale Railway Company to serve the iron and coal industries around Merthyr Tydfil and to connect them with docks in Cardiff. It was opened in stages in 1840 and 1841.
Porth is a town and a community in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf,within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan,Wales. Lying in the Rhondda Valley,it is regarded as the gateway connecting the Rhondda Fawr and Rhondda Fach valleys due to both valleys meeting at Porth. The Welsh word "porth" means "gate". Porth is a predominantly English-speaking community.
Treorchy is a town and community in Wales. Once a mining town,it retains such characteristics. Situated in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf in the Rhondda Fawr valley. Treorchy is also one of the 16 communities of the Rhondda. It includes the villages of Cwmparc and Ynyswen.
Rhondda,or the Rhondda Valley,is a former coalmining area in South Wales,historically in the county of Glamorgan. It takes its name from the River Rhondda,and embraces two valleys –the larger Rhondda Fawr valley and the smaller Rhondda Fach valley –so that the singular "Rhondda Valley" and the plural are both commonly used. The area forms part of the South Wales Valleys. From 1897 until 1996 there was a local government district of Rhondda. The former district at its abolition comprised sixteen communities. Since 1996 these sixteen communities of the Rhondda have been part of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough. The area of the former district is still used as the Rhondda Senedd constituency and Westminster constituency,having an estimated population in 2020 of 69,506. It is most noted for its historical coalmining industry,which peaked between 1840 and 1925. The valleys produced a strong Nonconformist movement manifest in the Baptist chapels that moulded Rhondda values in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is also known for its male voice choirs and in sport and politics.
The Rhondda line,also known as the Treherbert line,is a commuter railway line in South Wales from Cardiff to Treherbert. The line follows the Merthyr line as far as Pontypridd,where it then diverges to continue along the Rhondda Valley.
Pontypridd railway station serves the town of Pontypridd in Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales. It is located at the junction of the Merthyr line and the Rhondda line and has for many years been the only station serving the town.
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.
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.
Trehafod railway station is a railway station serving the township of Trehafod in Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line.
Porth railway station is a railway station serving the town of Porth in Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line.
Treherbert is a village and community situated at the head of the Rhondda Fawr valley in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales. Historically part of Glamorgan. Treherbert is the upper most community of the Rhondda Fawr and encompasses the districts of Blaencwm,Blaenrhondda,Tynewydd and Pen-yr-englyn.
Tonypandy railway station is a railway station serving the town of Tonypandy in south Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line. The station cannot be directly accessed from Tonypandy,a scenic bridge over the river Rhondda must be used as the station adjoins a mountain.
Ystrad Rhondda railway station is a railway station serving Ystrad in Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line. Alphabetically,it is the last station in the UK with the first being Abbey Wood station in southeast London.
Ton Pentre railway station is a railway station serving the village of Ton Pentre in Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line.
Treorchy railway station is a railway station serving the town of Treorchy and village of Cwmparc in Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line.
Ynyswen railway station is a railway station serving the village of Ynyswen in Rhondda Cynon Taf,south Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line.
Dinas is a village near Tonypandy in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales. Dinas is often referred to as Dinas Rhondda to avoid confusion with Dinas Powys in the Vale of Glamorgan. The word dinas in Modern Welsh means "city",but here it means "hill fort".
The Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway was a Welsh railway company formed to connect the upper end of the Rhondda Fawr with Swansea,with the chief objective of transporting coal and other minerals to Swansea docks. It was incorporated in 1882,but at first the connection to Swansea from Briton Ferry was refused.
Tynewydd is a village located in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf,south Wales. With Treherbert,Blaencwm,Blaenrhondda and Pen-yr-englyn it is part of a community of Treherbert. The village lies in the former industrial coal mining area at the head of Rhondda Fawr,the larger of the Rhondda Valleys.
The Maerdy Branch was a railway branch line in South Wales. Financed and operated by the Taff Vale Railway,on amalgamation it became part of the Great Western Railway in 1923. Designed and mainly operated as a coal mining freight railway,its creation and demise was wholly defined by the South Wales Coalfield.
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