Vale of Glamorgan Line

Vale of Glamorgan Line
Vale of Glamorgan Line
	A Cardiff-bound Arriva Trains Wales Class 150 passing through Aberthaw station, which closed in 1964
Overview
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	Cardiff; Bridgend County Borough; Vale of Glamorgan
Termini	Cardiff Central; Penarth; Barry Island; Bridgend; ;
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	Transport for Wales
Rolling stock	Class 150 DMUs; Class 153; Class 231;
Technical
Line length	Cardiff–Bridgend: 27 miles 36 chains (44.2 km); Penarth branch: 1 mile 11 chains (1.8 km); Barry–Barry Island: 54 chains (1,100 m); Total: 29 miles 21 chains (47.1 km);
Number of tracks	Double-track, except:; Bridgend to Bridgend Barry Junction; Barry South Junction to Barry Island; Cogan Junction to Penarth;
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
Route map
	Length or
	Date closed
	222 yd
	203 m
	former main line
	to Pontypridd via Wenvoe
	155 yd
	142 m
	280 yd
	256 m
	Porthkerry
	No.1 Tunnel
	543 yd
	497 m
	376 yd
	344 m
	Porthkerry
	No.2 Tunnel
	73 yd
	67 m
	Porthkerry Lime
	& Cement Works
	Rhoose
	for Cardiff Airport
	Aberthaw Cement Works
	(Lafarge Tarmac)
	former Taff Vale Railway
	to Cowbridge
	Southerndown Road
	Lime Works
	South Wales Main Line
	to Cardiff
	Bridgend & Coity
	(Goods)
	South Wales Main Line
	to Swansea

The Vale of Glamorgan Line (Welsh: Llinell Bro Morgannwg) is a commuter railway line in Wales, running through the Vale of Glamorgan from Barry to Bridgend, via Rhoose and Llantwit Major.