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Quakers Yard Viaduct

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Quakers Yard Viaduct

Quakers Yard Viaduct

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    1. Taff Trail Tramroad Section – Quakers Yard Viaduct loop from Fairwater

    77.2km

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    560m

    Intermediate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    Intermediate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    Intermediate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    February 21, 2023

    One of IK Brunels many bridges. Still very much in use carrying the Merthyr to Barry valley lines passenger train.

      April 10, 2023

      This viaduct, near Treharris, to the southeast of Quakers Yard Station, runs over the River Taff. Constructed as part of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s single-track Taff Vale Railway it connected Merthyr Tydfil to Cardiff docks. It and opened in 1841.

      This early railway bridge is 32.3m high, and has six arches of 15.2m span each with octagonal piers. Its westernmost arch passes over the former Merthyr Tramroad (completed 1802), now part of the Taff Trail (NCN cycle route 8).

      The structure is Graded II* listed ‘as one of the most remarkable bridges by Brunel to survive in Wales’.

        October 16, 2024

        While on the Taff Trail the viaduct suddenly looms out of the trees, another fantastic example of the amazing construction skills of our industrial past, take a moment to stop and have a proper look.

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