What is Abercynon famous for?
The village was the terminus of the world’s first steam railway journey when on 21 February 1804 the inventor Richard Trevithick drove a steam locomotive hauling both iron and passengers travelled from the Penydarren ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil to the basin of the Glamorganshire Canal at Abercynon.
What was the first railway station in the world?
Liverpool Road railway station
The Liverpool Road railway station in Manchester, dating from 1830, is the oldest surviving mainline station in the world.
Where is the Cynon Valley?
Cynon Valley (Welsh: Cwm Cynon) is a former coal mining valley in Wales. Cynon Valley lies between Rhondda and the Merthyr Valley and takes its name from the River Cynon. Aberdare is located in the north of the valley and Mountain Ash is in the south of the valley.
What does Rhondda Cynon Taff mean in English?
Rhondda Cynon Taf (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈr̥ɔnða ˈkənən ˈtaːv], and popularly, ‘RCT’), also spelt Rhondda Cynon Taff, is a county borough in south Wales. It consists of five valleys: the Rhondda Fawr, Rhondda Fach, Cynon, Taff (Welsh: Taf) and Ely valleys, plus a number of towns and villages away from the valleys.
Where is the train station in Abercynon Wales?
Abercynon railway station is the railway station serving the village of Abercynon in the Cynon Valley, Wales. It is located on the Merthyr Line, 15.5 miles (25 km) north of Cardiff Central.
Is there a park and ride at Abercynon?
Following the merger of Abercynon North and South, the latter station’s name reverted to simply “Abercynon”. On 14 December 2010, a free Park and Ride car park opened on the site of the station yard, with capacity for 160 cars. This is hoped to improve commuter travel to Cardiff and other areas on the Valley Lines network.
Where is Abercynon on the Merthyr Line?
It is located on the Merthyr Line, 15.5 miles (25 km) north of Cardiff Central. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales . It was first opened on this site as “Navigation Road” in 1840 and was then renamed “Aberdare Junction” by the Taff Vale Railway in 1846 then further renamed “Abercynon” in 1896 and to “Abercynon South” in 1988.