Treherbert Line transformation works October 2023 - South Wales Metro

[@ukroadsandtransport]

Ah my old home. grew up using that line, moved from the Rhondda Valley's in 2016 I used to live in Ynyswen

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

One of the best "Valley Lines" videos I've seen this year. Well done. I think at 80 yrs I'm too old to learn to use a drone. Mike "Rail in Wales"

[@GustavSvard]

All that being done with just a 9 month closure? honestly, that's pretty impressive. Also, going from 30 min frequencies to 15 min frequencies (with faster trains as well), that's a game changer. Missing the train means getting home in 15+50 min instead of 30+65 min. That's a 30 minute difference!

[@andrewbutler6477]

Remember the valley lines back in the 70s my late dad was a guard on the 116 dmus the service was on knees Merthyr was 2 hourly and the rhymney bargoed section came very close to closing

[@ieuanjones7436]

they done a lot work over the 9 months when the line to treherbert going on when it been close 😊

[@iantobanter9546]

Why no reference to the Treorchy section? Is the Tylecoch bridge being kept or replaced by a level crossing?

[@keithhitchings8911]

I remember when St John's had 4 platforms and a signal box and a siding on before what is now the flyover

[@Pizzpott]

I did a double-take when I saw the word 'Treherbert' in the title of a reccomended video....I live in Tynewydd so have been watching the progress of this since it started. (but then again I remember seeing then build the Ynyswen platform when I lived there in the 80's too.) If you see a silver car doing 30 or more, it's me.....

[@WalesRails]

Ha ha!, I must admit this video is already quite out of date with how much work has progressed, you can expect a more up to date version from this channel in a few days time. TfW's industry consultation on the new electric trains concludes on January 25th so you might see some fancy new electric trains in your neck of the woods shortly after the line reopens in February.

[@johnjephcote7636]

That is what we could do with between Sheffield and Lincoln.

[@ieuanjones7436]

that's doing a great job but there are some spots are missing electric lines in some areas are they going up or staying empty.

[@juliansadler6263]

They are putting in 'discontinues electrification'. In some cases because of a low bridge - but why not just a neutral section - but in other places apparently just for the sake of it.

[@ieuanjones7436]

only thing iam stuck with how can the new train-trams get up to treherbert in 15 minutes because it gets from cardiff to treherbert in 1 hour and 35 minutes sometimes.

[@WalesRails]

15 minute frequencies, so currently there are two trains per hour with the longest wait being 30 minutes, with the improvements there will be four trains per hour with the longest wait being 15 minutes. The current journey time end to end between Treherbert and Cardiff is 1hr 5mins, this will drop to around 50 minutes with the new trains

[@ieuanjones7436]

@@WalesRails thank you mate now i do understand that now also why is it that you only stopping at Treherbert then coming up to the old train station at Tynewydd the last stop of that line because we still got the platform where the trains use to stop.

[@claudiamaggio5683]

*promo sm* 😞

[@Rockytor-t4d]

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