Vale of Glamorgan Line

Legend Cardiff Queen Street Cardiff Central Cardiff Canton depot City Line to Radyr Grangetown Cogan Penarth Docks Dingle Road Cogan Tunnel Penarth Alberta Place closed 6.5.1968 Lower Penarth closed 6.5.1954 Eastbrook Lavenock closed 6.5.1968 Dinas Powys Swanbridge closed 6.5.1968 Sully closed 6.5.1968 Biglis Junction, closed 6.5.1968 former Mainline via Wenvo closed 2.12.1963 Cadoxton Barry Docks Barry Docks station Barry Island Railway Connection Barry Barry Island Barry Island Tunnel Barry Pier closed 5.7.1976 Porthkerry Tunnels Rhoose Cardiff International Airport Aberthaw closed 9.3.1969 Low Level closed 1940 Aberthaw power station Aberthaw cement works former TVR line to Cowbridge Llantwit Major Ford Waterston closed 15.6.1964 South Wales Main Line Bridgend to Masteg

The Vale of Glamorgan Line is a railway line in South Wales from Cardiff to Bridgend via Barry, Rhoose and Llantwit Major. There are also branch lines to Penarth and Barry Island. As its names suggests, the line runs through the Vale of Glamorgan. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Cardiff Queen Street railway station (Welsh Caerdydd Heol y Frenhines) is seen by many as the main hub of the Valley Lines network around Cardiff - the solitary connection to Cardiff Bay is seen as part of the reason for this. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 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Cadoxton railway station is a railway station serving the village of Cadoxton near Barry, Vale of Glamorgan. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Barry Docks railway station is a railway station serving the town of Barry in South Wales, more centrally located than Barry station. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Barry Island Railway is a heritage railway based at Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Barry railway station is a railway station serving the town of Barry in South Wales. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Barry Island railway station (Welsh: Ynys y Barri) is a railway station serving the town of Barry Island in South Wales. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 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Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station is a railway station that serves Cardiff International Airport in the village of Rhoose. ... Cardiff International Airport (Welsh: Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Caerdydd) (IATA: CWL, ICAO: EGFF) is an airport located in the village of Rhoose, in the Vale of Glamorgan, approximately south-west of the Welsh capital, Cardiff, serving all of South and Mid Wales As the only airport in Wales offering international scheduled... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 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Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Llantwit Major railway station is a railway station that serves town of Llantwit Major. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the worlds third largest automaker after Toyota and General Motors, based on worldwide vehicle sales. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 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Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Bridgend railway station is a railway station that serves town of Bridgend in South Wales. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Railroad or railway tracks are used on railways, which, together with railroad switches (points), guide trains without the need for steering. ... Approximate extent of South Wales South Wales (Welsh: ) is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. ... Cardiff (English:  , Welsh: ) is the capital, largest and core city of Wales. ... Bridgend (Welsh: Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) is a town in the traditional county of Glamorgan and the main town in the county borough of Bridgend in south Wales. ... Barry (Welsh: ) is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. ... Rhoose (Y Rhws), Wales, is a village located near the sea. ... View From Llantwit Major Beach Across The Bristol Channel Llantwit Major (Welsh: Llanilltud Fawr -- llan church enclosure + Illtud + mawr great) is a small coastal town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, lying on the Bristol Channel coast. ... Penarth (Welsh: pen head, + garth cliff or hill, or arth bear) is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, lying on the north shore of the Bristol Channel, and at the southern end of Cardiff Bay. ... Barry Island (Welsh: Ynys y Barri) is a peninsula forming part of the town of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. ... For other uses, see Vale of Glamorgan (disambiguation). ...

The cities, towns and villages served by the line are listed below.

• Cardiff Central
  • Connections with South Wales Main Line and Valley Lines
• Grangetown
  • Branch line diverges to Penarth
• Cogan
• Dinas Powys
• Cadoxton
• Barry
  • Branch line diverges to Barry Island
• Rhoose for Cardiff International Airport
• Llantwit Major
• Bridgend
  • Connections with South Wales Main Line and Maesteg Line

The section of line between Barry and Bridgend reopened for passenger services on 12 June 2005 the first day of that year's Summer timetable, when Arriva Trains Wales ran a number of loco-hauled special services in conjunction with the Barry (waterfront) transport festival. The official opening was performed by Andrew Davies AM, Welsh Assembly Government Minister for Economic Development and Transport, on 10 June 2005. Passenger trains had originally been cut on this route in 1964 as part of the Beeching cuts but it had in the meantime served as a diversionary route for the South Wales mainline. Around the same time to these cuts the line from Penarth to Cadocton along with the original mainline via Wenvo, were also cut and the lines eventually removed. There is also a mainline connection with the heritage operation of the Barry Island Railway Centre just outside Barry Station with the exchange available Barry Island. Cardiff (English:  , Welsh: ) is the capital, largest and core city of Wales. ... Cardiff Central (Welsh: Caerdydd Canolog) is the largest train station in Wales, having 7 platforms. ... The South Wales Main Line is a branch of the Great Western Main Line. ... British Rail Class 143 unit, no. ... Grangetown is a district of the city of Cardiff, Wales. ... Penarth (Welsh: pen head, + garth cliff or hill, or arth bear) is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, lying on the north shore of the Bristol Channel, and at the southern end of Cardiff Bay. ... Cogan is a suburb of Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. ... Dinas Powys is a large village, a community and a refortified hill fort in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales. ... Cadoxton (Welsh: ) is a district of Barry in south Wales. ... Barry (Welsh: ) is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. ... Barry Island (Welsh: Ynys y Barri) is a peninsula forming part of the town of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. ... Rhoose (Y Rhws), Wales, is a village located near the sea. ... Cardiff International Airport (Welsh: Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Caerdydd) (IATA: CWL, ICAO: EGFF) is an airport located in the village of Rhoose, in the Vale of Glamorgan, approximately south-west of the Welsh capital, Cardiff, serving all of South and Mid Wales As the only airport in Wales offering international scheduled... View From Llantwit Major Beach Across The Bristol Channel Llantwit Major (Welsh: Llanilltud Fawr -- llan church enclosure + Illtud + mawr great) is a small coastal town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, lying on the Bristol Channel coast. ... Bridgend (Welsh: Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) is a town in the traditional county of Glamorgan and the main town in the county borough of Bridgend in south Wales. ... The South Wales Main Line is a branch of the Great Western Main Line. ... The Maesteg Line is a railway line in South Wales from Cardiff to Bridgend and Maesteg. ... is the 163rd day of the year (164th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Many railway lines were closed as a result of the Beeching Axe The Beeching Axe was an informal name for the British governments attempt in the 1960s to control the spiralling cost of running the British railway system by closing what it considered to be little-used and unprofitable... A scene on a heritage railway. ... The Vale of Glamorgan Railway is a heritage railway based at Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. ...

The line is currently operated by Arriva Trains Wales (ATW) as part of the Valley Lines network. ATW replaced the previous franchise, Wales & Borders Trains in December 2003. Arriva Trains Wales (Welsh: ) is a train operating company that operates urban and inter urban passenger services in Wales and the Welsh Marches. ... British Rail Class 143 unit, no. ... Class 158, no. ... December 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → Events December 31, 2003 In Taiwan, President Chen Shui-bian signs a law that allows referendums to be held. ...