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Track work took place around Birchgrove station on the single-line Coryton branch on Sunday, 2nd February 2020. The work saw the existing track cut into panels and moved aside; the spent ballast removed, a new membrane and fresh ballast laid; the track panels lifted back to re-use the sleepers with the rails then being discarded; new rails installed and clipped; and further ballast laid and the tracked tamped in time for Monday morning's first train. This is the view east from Caerphilly Road overbridge towards Ty Glas station. Old track panels lie on the trackside while a new ballast bed is prepared.

A snowy scene, as Transport-for-Wales Class 153 units Nos. 153910 and 153369 approach Birchgrove station with a service for Coryton.

Track work took place around Birchgrove station on the single-line Coryton branch on Sunday, 2nd February 2020. The work saw the existing track cut into panels and moved aside; the spent ballast removed, a new membrane and fresh ballast laid; the track panels lifted back to re-use the sleepers with the rails then being discarded; new rails installed and clipped; and further ballast laid and the tracked tamped in time for Monday morning's first train. This is the view east from Caerphilly Road overbridge. The farther run of track has had new rails added; in the foreground, cut track panels are being lifted back to recover the sleepers.

Track work took place around Birchgrove station on the single-line Coryton branch on Sunday, 2nd February 2020. The work saw the existing track cut into panels and moved aside; the spent ballast removed, a new membrane and fresh ballast laid; the track panels lifted back to re-use the sleepers with the rails then being discarded; new rails installed and clipped; and further ballast laid and the tracked tamped in time for Monday morning's first train. This is the evening view east from Caerphilly Road overbridge. The rails are being clipped into place. Further ballasting and tamping saw the work completed on time.

The bridge carries Caerphilly Road across the railway line. The next station in this direction is Ty-Glas. Birchgrove is a small, unstaffed station on one of the suburban routes in Cardiff. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1716416 to the view westwards.

Class 153 units No. 153333 and No. 153935 work at Coryton to Cardiff Bay shuttle service away from Birchgrove station (just beyond the overbridge) towards Ty Glas station.

With no trains running on a Sunday on the Coryton branch, the opportunity was taken to grit-blast the underside of Caerphilly Road bridge at Birchrove station.

The catenary wire has recently been installed around Birchgrove and Ty Glas stations, bringing the registration arms across the track for the first time. This is the view east from Caerphilly Road bridge; note the sig-zag of the wire, installed that way to even out wear on pantograph heads.

Opened in 1929 by the Great Western Railway on this short branch line from Heath to Coryton. An autumnal view east towards Heath.