Cowbridge Railway
Dates
| 29/07/1862 | Cowbridge Railway Act of Parliament passed. Line planned from Cowbridge [1st] to Maesaraul on the Llantrissant and Taff Vale Junction Railway. |
| /06/1863 | Cowbridge Railway Agreement with the Great Western Railway to join South Wales Railway at Llantrisant rather than run to Maesaraul. Third rail laid from Llantrisant to Maesaraul Junction along the Mwyndy Branch (Ely Valley Railway). |
| 30/01/1865 | Cowbridge Railway Line opened with Taff Vale Railway locomotives. |
| 18/09/1865 | Cowbridge Railway Llantrissant and Taff Vale Junction Railway Passenger service from Pontypridd to Cowbridge via Llantrisant begins. |
| /04/1870 | Cowbridge Railway Takes over working. |
| 01/01/1876 | Cowbridge Railway Taff Vale Railway Cowbridge Railway leased to Taff Vale Railway. |
| / /1889 | Cowbridge Railway Merged into Taff Vale Railway. |
| 01/10/1892 | Cowbridge Railway Cowbridge [1st] station closed on opening of replacement Cowbridge [2nd] on Cowbridge and Aberthaw Railway. |
| 12/08/1893 | Cowbridge Railway Pontypridd train derails and falls down embankment killing 13. |
| 12/07/1920 | Cowbridge Railway Aberthin Platform closed. |
| 26/11/1951 | Cowbridge Railway Closed to passengers. |
| 01/02/1965 | Cowbridge Railway Closed to freight from Llanharry (excluded) to Cowbridge. |
| / /1975 | Cowbridge Railway Llantrisant to Llanharry ironstone mine closed. |
| / /1977 | Cowbridge Railway Rails lifted from Llantrisant to Llanharry. |
Locations along the line
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