Cardiff Railway map

I created this map by overlaying the modern OpenStreetMap with the OS 1:25,000 1937-1961 map (courtesy of the National Library of Scotland map website). I then marked out the route of the Cardiff Railway and associated nearby TfW lines that are still running.

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Cardiff Railway (dotted) from connection to TVR to past Upper Boat. TVR (and current TfW) line on the left from Cardiff Queen Street towards Pontypridd.

Cardiff Railway (dotted) past Nantgarw and Glan-y-Llyn. TVR (and current TfW) line on the left

Cardiff Railway (dotted) past Glan-y-Llyn and round Taff’s Well. TVR (and current TfW) line on the left.
The short grey dotted line shows the 1952 connection from the old TVR along the Cardiff Railway to the colliery at Nantgarw

Cardiff Railway (dotted) past Tongwynlais to the current Coryton and Whitchurch stations, where the remains of the line still exist as part of the Cardiff City Line. TVR (and current TfW) line on the left heading to Radyr and then Queen Street.

The remaining part of the Cardiff Railway still in use through Rhiwbina, Birchgrove, Ty-Glas, and Heath Low Level and showing the original track alignment for the junction with the now TfW line from Queen Street toward Caerphilly

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