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W sign at Taffs Well railway station
The W sign originally instructed the driver of a steam locomotive to sound the whistle.
The modern equivalent is for the driver of a diesel to sound the horn.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 3 Mar 2015
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Taff's Well station view towards Cardiff
Taff's Well gets its name from a healing spring located beside the river, unfortunately at present it is a ruin.
Image: © nantcoly
Taken: 28 Nov 2005
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VR 512 and VR 514 at the northern end of Taffs Well railway station
Signal VR512 on the left is on the side of the station normally used for northbound trains.
VR514 on the right is used when reverse working is in operation, or other special occasions.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 3 Mar 2015
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Platform alteration work at Taffs Well
In connection with the building of a new Metro depot near the station, the Up platform (far side of the photo) is being moved slightly north, by removing its southern end and lengthening the northern end (seen here).
Image: © Gareth James
Taken: 4 Jul 2021
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Unusual sign at the NW edge of Taffs Well railway station
The triangular sign serves to remind drivers that some trains are not scheduled to stop at the next station, Treforest Estate. On weekdays there are usually six trains an hour stopping at Taffs Well in this direction, only two of which are scheduled to stop at Treforest Estate station.http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2753225
There is a similar sign for southbound train drivers at Treforest station.http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2753679
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 9 Dec 2011
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Taffs Well railway station and car park
Viewed from the station footbridge. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2726880 The unmanned station is on the Merthyr Line and Rhondda Line. There are 88 parking spaces in the station's car park on the right.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 9 Dec 2011
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Taffs Well railway station car park
In view are some of the 88 parking spaces here.
There is no charge for railway users to park their cars here.
A City Link depot http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4381399 is in the background.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 3 Mar 2015
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Staggered platforms at Taffs Well railway station
This view from the NW end of the platform for southbound trains shows that the two platforms
are not side-by-side. The end of the opposite platform is about 60 metres ahead on the right.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 3 Mar 2015
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Ordnance Survey Flush Bracket (S9241)
This OS Flush Bracket can be found on the old Bank building, Cardiff Road. It marks a point 34.549m above mean sea level.
Image: © Adrian Dust
Taken: 17 Aug 2019
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City Link depot in Taffs Well
Viewed from Taffs Well railway station in early March 2015. City Link announced in late December 2014 that it had gone into administration. At that time, administrators Ernst and Young said that there were likely to be substantial redundancies in the next few days, with "a portion of employees" retained for up to three months .
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 3 Mar 2015
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