Transport in Rhondda Cynon Taf

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 36. Chapters: Railway stations in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Taff Vale Railway, M4 motorway, Taff Vale Railway Co v Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, Veolia Transport Cymru, A470 road, Aberdare Canal, Taff Trail, Pontyclun railway station, South Wales Main Line, A4119 road, A465 road, Pontypridd railway station, Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway, Aberdare railway station, Treforest railway station, National Cycle Route 4, Maerdy Branch, Abercynon railway station, Porth railway station, Pontypridd railway accident, Trehafod railway station, Llancaiach Branch, Celtic Trail cycle route, National Cycle Route 8, A473 road, Llanharan railway station, Rhondda Line, Swanline, Mountain Ash railway station, Tonypandy railway station, Tom Hurry Riches, Cwmbach railway station, Treherbert railway station, Treforest Estate railway station, Taffs Well railway station, Ystrad Rhondda railway station, Penrhiwceiber railway station, Ynyswen railway station, Dinas Rhondda railway station, Fernhill railway station, Treorchy railway station, Llwynypia railway station, A4107 road, Ton Pentre railway station, A4054 road, A4061 road, Llantrisant rail accident. Excerpt: The M4 motorway links London with South Wales. It is part of the unsigned European route E30. Other major places directly accessible from M4 junctions are Reading, Swindon, Bristol, Newport, Cardiff and Swansea. Originally referred to as the London-South Wales Motorway, the English section was constructed between 1965 and 1971, the Welsh section was completed in 1993 and the Second Severn Crossing opened in 1996. The M4 runs close to the A4 from London to Bristol. After crossing the River Severn it follows the A48 through Wales, using the Brynglas Tunnels at Junction 25a, Newport and terminates just north of Pontarddulais. The route of the M4 is known as the M4 corridor. The original bridge over River Neath (the A48), is to the right, the new M4 bridge is to the leftA new road from London to South Wales was first proposed in the 1930s, and the Ministry of Transport announced plans for the M4 as one of the first major post-war trunk road improvement projects in 1956. The motorway was built in several stages. In the 1960s two sections were built, one extending from the London end to near Maidenhead, one from north of Bath to west of Newport, including the Severn Bridge (opened in 1966 and now part of the M48). The Port Talbot by-pass, also built in the 1960s and now part of the M4, was originally the A48(M) motorway, a number now allocated to a short section of motorway near Cardiff. The Ministry of Transport originally intended that the M4 would terminate at Tredegar Park west of Newport, and it was only following the creation of the Welsh Office that the Government became committed to a high-standard dual carriageway to Pont Abraham in Carmarthenshire. The Second Severn CrossingThe English section of the motorway was completed on 22 December 1971 when the 50-mile (80 km) stretch between junctions 9 and 15 (Maidenhead and Swindon) was opened to traffic. The Welsh section was completed in 1993, when the Briton Ferry motorway bridge opened. The Second Severn Crossing o