TVR Other Structures

Taff Valley Railway Other Structures.

This page is for the structures of interest on the former Taff Valley Railway system that do not warrant their own page.

Lower Whitchurch Bridge

p>This provided a link form the Llandaf to Queen Street branch to the Ely to Radyr branch of the TVR, allowing northbound access into the Radyr goods yard. With the closure of this yard and its conversion into an industrial estate this bridge was no longer needed. The 400m of line between Ty Mawr Rd Bridge and the Ely branch was closed and removed in 2002. The unusual flared Ty Mawr Rd bridge is still complete although the branch side is now overgrown. The embankment theough Hailey Park has been removed. The Taff bridge is still there but securely fenced off. Apologies for the poor quality of some of the photos of the Radyr Yard due to a grubby camera lens ( I only realised after I had got back home!)


Hailey Park to Ty Mawr Junction along removed embankment	Hailey Park to Taff Bridge along removed embankment	Ty Mawr Bridge. Gated arch is original road arch, current road arch was the Glamorganshire Canal	Ty Mawr Bridge. Gated arch is original road arch, current road arch was the Glamorganshire Canal
Ty Mawr Junction towards Llandaf	Taff Bridge trackbed	Alongside Taff Bridge (originally twin track)	Old railway sign by new fence
Lower Whitchurch Bridge from North West	Lower Whitchurch Bridge footpath underpass	Lower Whitchurch Bridge from North West	Active Upper Whitchurch Bridge from South West
Active Upper Whitchurch Bridge from South West	Active Upper Whitchurch Bridge top Looking east (Formerly 4 track)

Radyr Goods Yard

Closed by 2000 and undergoing redevelopment into an industrial estate. All tracks and sleepers have been lifted and buildings demolished. There are still some chunks of coal lying around.


Old loco shed	More recent crew access building complete with graffiti	Sleepers	Sleepers
Sleepers	Sleepers	Trackbed looking north	Trackbed looking north
Trackbed looking north

Upper Boat Colliery Siding

Engineering code : TFT This single track runs parallel to the TVR mainline between Treforest and Upper Boat at a lower level.
Graig Y Frorest Oh dear, 'Indiana Jones' style trackbed, northbound	Graig Y Frorest southbound	Graig Y Frorest southbound
Graig Y Frorest Nant Y Dall	d	d
Maes Mawr Rd northbound	Maes Mawr Rd	d

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