Opened : 1889
Closed - Tonteg - Trehafod 1930 (passengers) 1951 (goods), Cadoxton - Treforest 1963
Engineering Code: CTD, TRZ (Treforest Loop)
Length 17m 12c
Route : Cadoxton - Wenvoe - Ty'n y Caeau Junction - Creigiau - Efail Isaf - Tonteg - Treforest Tunnel - Trehafod
This line linked up with the Taff Valley Railway at Trehafod and
Treforest
and the Barry Railway Company's Cardiff to Bridgend line via Barry at
Cadoxton.
More details on the dates of construction and abandonment can be found
here
(RAILSCOT
website). The main purpose of this page is to show what is left of
this
route about 40 years after abandonment. The table on the right details
the
current state of the line. There is a photogallery at the bottom of the
page.