Vale of Glamorgan Line

Vale of Glamorgan Line
A Cardiff-bound Arriva Trains Wales Class 150 passing through Aberthaw station, which closed in 1964
Overview
OwnerNetwork Rail
LocaleCardiff
Bridgend County Borough
Vale of Glamorgan
Termini
Service
TypeHeavy rail
Operator(s)Transport for Wales
Rolling stock
Technical
Line length
  • Cardiff–Bridgend: 27 miles 36 chains (44.2 km)
  • Penarth branch: 1 mile 11 chains (1.8 km)
  • Barry–Barry Island: 54 chains (1,100 m)
  • Total: 29 miles 21 chains (47.1 km)
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Number of tracks
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Route map

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Length or
Date closed
Cardiff Queen Street
Cardiff Central
Cardiff Canton depot
Grangetown
Llandough Platform
Cogan Junction
Penarth Dock
Dingle Road
Penarth
Cogan
Cogan Tunnel
222 yd
203 m
Eastbrook
Dinas Powys
Alberta Place Halt
6 May 1968
Lower Penarth
14 June 1954
Lavernock
6 May 1968
Swanbridge
6 May 1968
Sully
6 May 1968
Biglis Junction
6 May 1968
former main line
to Pontypridd via Wenvoe
2 Dec 1963
Cadoxton
Barry Docks
Barry Docks station
connection to Barry Tourist Railway
Barry Shed
Barry
Carriage works
Barry Island viaduct
155 yd
142 m
Barry Island
Barry Island Tunnel
280 yd
256 m
Barry Pier
5 Jul 1976
Porthkerry
No.1 Tunnel
543 yd
497 m
376 yd
344 m
Porthkerry
No.2 Tunnel
73 yd
67 m
Porthkerry Lime
& Cement Works
Rhoose Cement Works
Rhoose
for Cardiff Airport
Cardiff Airport
Aberthaw High Level
1964
Aberthaw Low Level
1 Nov 1932
Aberthaw Power Station
Gileston
St. Athan
MOD St Athan
Llantwit Major
Llandow (Wick Road) Halt
Llandow Halt
Southerndown Road
Southerndown Road
Lime Works
Lancaster Quarry
Duchy Quarry
Ewenny Quarry
Ford Waterton Branch
Cowbridge Road Junction
former goods line
15 Jun 1964
Bridgend
Bridgend & Coity
(Goods)
Coity Junction

The Vale of Glamorgan Line (Welsh: Llinell Bro Morgannwg) is a commuter railway line in Wales, running through the Vale of Glamorgan from Barry to Bridgend, via Rhoose and Llantwit Major.

  1. ^ Yonge, John; Padgett, David (August 2010) [1989]. Bridge, Mike (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 3: Western (5th ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. maps 22, 23A, 30. ISBN 978-0-9549866-6-7.