Barry Railway Company  Barry to Trehafod Description and gallery.

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.




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Albert Road Bridge

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Treforest Tunnel north portal

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Trackbed at Garig-Y Fforest, cut by footpath

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Trackbed at Garig-Y Fforest

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Mileage sign on retaining wall along Tonteg to Treforest branch

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Cutting along Tonteg to Treforest branch at Graig Y Fforest

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Cutting along Tonteg to Treforest branch at Graig Y Fforest

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Retaining wall along Tonteg to Treforest branch at Graig Y Fforest

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Nant Y Dall culvert along Tonteg to Treforest branch

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Worker refuge along Tonteg to Treforest branch

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Maes Mawr Rd Bridge, Tonteg

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Maes Mawr Rd Bridge, Tonteg

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Maes Mawr Rd Bridge, Tonteg

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Maes Mawr Rd Bridge, Tonteg

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South along loop line, Tonteg

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South along loop line, Tonteg

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South from Maes Mawr Rd Bridge, Tonteg

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Main track southbound from TVR bridge site, Tonteg

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Trackbed east from Station Rd Bridge, Efail Isaf

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Station Rd Bridge, Efail Isaf

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Efail Isaf Station Gallery

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West from Efail Isaf Station

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Heol Dowlais Bridge, Efail Isaf

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South from Heol Dowlais Bridge, Efail Isaf

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South from Ty Mawr lane bridge

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South from Ty Mawr lane bridge


Ty n y Coed Bridge

Criegiau Crossover

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North from Creigiau Farm lane bridge

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Creigiau Farm lane bridge


Creigiau Station Gallery


Heol Pant Y Gored Bridge Sbd

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Heol Pant Y Gored Bridge Nbd

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South from Heol Pant Y Gored Bridge

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North from A 4119 Llantrsiant Rd bridge


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Barry To Pontypridd timetable, from 'Bradshaw's Guide' May 1961

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