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==The junction at Treforest== [[File:Cardiff East Dock Shed geograph-2564795-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|thumb|left|Ex-Cardiff Railway 0-6-0T No. 684 inside Cardiff East Dock Shed 1950]] On 30 January 1902 the board was informed that the construction to [[Tongwynlais]] was substantially completed, and at this time the company put details of its proposed junction with the Taff Vale Railway at Treforest to that company for approval.<ref name = mountford/> The terrain at the point chosen by the Cardiff Railway for its junction with the Taff Vale was extremely awkward. The Taff Vale Railway run down the west bank of the River Taff and was closely hemmed in by the hills to the west. Immediately to the east was the River Taff and the Glamorganshire Canal, and then the [[Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway]], and then more hills. The Taff Vale Railway at this point was quadruple track, with the passenger lines on the east side and goods and mineral tracks on the west side. Immediately north of the proposed point of junction, southbound trains could diverge to the lines of the [[Barry Railway Company]]. It was a point of contention that many mineral trains were divided at this location, on the running line, with one portion for Cardiff TVR and one for the Barry line.<ref name = mountford/> The Cardiff Railway proposed to join the passenger lines and then make crossovers to the mineral lines—the main object of their railway was of course the mineral traffic. The existing traffic on the TVR was remarkably intensive at this time, and the proposal alarmed the company. They examined the rights of the Cardiff Railway and saw that there were no running powers granted on their own line, nor powers to connect to all four tracks; moreover, they claimed, the alignment proposed by the Cardiff Railway was outside the limits of deviation permitted by the Cardiff Railway Act.{{which|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = Cardiff Railway Act 1906 | type = Act | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | long_title = | year = 1906 | citation = [[6 Edw. 7]]. c. clvii | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = | royal_assent = 4 August 1906 | commencement = | expiry_date = | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = | amendments = | repealing_legislation = | related_legislation = | status = | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = | revised_text = | use_new_UK-LEG = | UK-LEG_title = | collapsed = yes }} {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = {{visible anchor|Cardiff Railway Act 1908}} | type = Act | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | long_title = | year = 1908 | citation = [[8 Edw. 7]]. c. xxxviii | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = | royal_assent = 1 August 1908 | commencement = | expiry_date = | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = | amendments = | repealing_legislation = | related_legislation = | status = | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Edw7/8/38/pdfs/ukla_19080038_en.pdf | revised_text = | use_new_UK-LEG = | UK-LEG_title = | collapsed = yes }} {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = {{visible anchor|Cardiff Railway Act 1910}} | type = Act | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | long_title = | year = 1910 | citation = 10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5. c. xlvi | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = | royal_assent = 26 July 1910 | commencement = | expiry_date = | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = | amendments = | repealing_legislation = | related_legislation = | status = | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Edw7and1Geo5/10/46/pdfs/ukla_19100046_en.pdf | revised_text = | use_new_UK-LEG = | UK-LEG_title = | collapsed = yes }} {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = {{visible anchor|Cardiff Railway Act 1912}} | type = Act | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | long_title = | year = 1912 | citation = [[2 & 3 Geo. 5]]. c. xxxix | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = | royal_assent = 7 August 1912 | commencement = | expiry_date = | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = | amendments = | repealing_legislation = | related_legislation = | status = | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = | revised_text = | use_new_UK-LEG = | UK-LEG_title = | collapsed = yes }} {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = {{visible anchor|Cardiff Railway Act 1914}} | type = Act | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | long_title = | year = 1914 | citation = [[4 & 5 Geo. 5]]. c. xvii | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = | royal_assent = 8 July 1914 | commencement = | expiry_date = | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = | amendments = | repealing_legislation = | related_legislation = | status = | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Geo5/4-5/17/pdfs/ukla_19140017_en.pdf | revised_text = | use_new_UK-LEG = | UK-LEG_title = | collapsed = yes }} {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = {{visible anchor|Cardiff Railway Act 1916}} | type = Act | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | long_title = | year = 1916 | citation = [[6 & 7 Geo. 5]]. c. ix | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = | royal_assent = 25 May 1916 | commencement = | expiry_date = | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = | amendments = | repealing_legislation = | related_legislation = | status = | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Geo5/6-7/9/pdfs/ukla_19160009_en.pdf | revised_text = | use_new_UK-LEG = | UK-LEG_title = | collapsed = yes }} The question went to arbitration, and then to litigation, and judgment was eventually given against the Cardiff Railway.<ref name = mountford/> The CR now went to Parliament to seek the powers that had not been granted before, and they obtained an act of Parliament, the '''{{visible anchor|Cardiff Railway Act 1906}}''' ([[6 Edw. 7]]. c. clvii), on 4 August 1906, authorising the junction and crossovers they desired. However the junction was not to be opened until the Cardiff Railway had constructed exchange sidings on their own property short of the TVR main line, so that CR engines need not enter TVR tracks. The space available for the purpose of building the sidings was constrained by the point at which the CR line crossed the River Taff, but the sidings were squeezed in. New proposals for the junction were submitted to the TVR, which again rejected them. The design was said to be dangerous; the location was very busy: 294 trains passed the location in 24 hours, and in addition the Barry section of many trains was separated there; long mineral trains were divided on the running line. The Barry Railway also objected, fearing interference with their own traffic. The exchange sidings were said to be insufficiently long to hold full length trains; the space available was clearly not long enough, unless the sidings were extended over the Taff, which would require a series of bridges for them. There was now a dispute about how long a standard wagon was, and whether new [[Railway Clearing House]] recommendations for wagon sizes had been allowed for.<ref name = mountford/> Once again the matter went to arbitration, held by J. C. Inglis of the Great Western Railway, and at length Inglis found in favour of the CR in May 1908; it was now six years after the issue was first raised. At this time the TVR offered to purchase the Cardiff Railway. With the CR docks operation, this would have been highly advantageous to the TVR, enabling them to take control of the transport of minerals to the docks and loading there. At the same time the Cardiff Railway was now in financial difficulty, having expended a major outlay on the railway and having gained no income from it. Terms were agreed, and the matter went to Parliament in the 1909 session, but Parliament rejected the proposal on the grounds of the reduction in competition that would be caused. The Barry Railway and the [[Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway]] Company had opposed it, as well as the TVR.<ref name = mountford/> Meanwhile, having obtained Inglis's adjudication in their favour, the Cardiff Railway laid in a temporary junction at Treforest. On 15 May 1909 a revenue-earning coal train from the Bute Colliery at Treherbert passed from the TVR system on to the Cardiff Railway. A directors' saloon was attached to the train and the Marquis of Bute and directors of the Cardiff Railway travelled in the train; the Marquis travelled on the engine for the actual crossing of the junction. Immediately after this apparent triumph, the Taff Vale Railway demanded that the temporary junction be removed, on the grounds that it was unauthorised and in a location not permitted by Parliament. (In addition it seems likely that [[Board of Trade]] approval for the configuration and working of the junction had not been obtained; as it lay in the TVR passenger line this was a requirement.)<ref name = mountford/><ref name = dale/><ref name = page/><ref name = baughan/>
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