Having moved to Cardiff about a year ago, I’ve seen the coal trains that run down the Rhymney line from Cwmbargoed. The coal comes from the Fros-y-Fran opencast mine near Merthyr Tydfil, which is closing on November 30th, so at some point the last trainload of coal will leave the site. That got me thinking:
As far as I’m aware there’s only one other active mine in Wales (producing specialist coal for chemical use, including for carbon electrodes in batteries) and it’s not rail connected.
- Is this the last coal train in Wales?
- Is it the last train of domestically-produced coal in the UK?
As far as I’m aware there’s only one other active mine in Wales (producing specialist coal for chemical use, including for carbon electrodes in batteries) and it’s not rail connected.