Later History
Following the Railways Act 1921, the TVR became a part of Great Western Railway on 1 January 1922, and part of British Railways following the nationalisation of the UK railways in 1948.
The sections still in use for passenger traffic - to Treherbert, Aberdare, Merthyr Tydfil and Cardiff Bay - are currently run by Arriva Trains Wales, formerly (under a previous franchise) Valley Lines.
A selection of original Taff vale coaches have survived into the present day and are preserved at the Gwili Steam railway in west Wales and are in the care of the Gwili Vintage Carriage group .
Two locomotives still exist this day into preservation. One is TVR 'O2' class 0-6-2T No.85, built in 1899 currently operational on Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. The other engine is TVR 'O1' class No.28, built in 1897 at West Yard Works, Cardiff, making it the last sole-surviving Welsh standard-gauge locomotive. It is owned by the National Railway Museum, under the custodianship of the National Museum of Wales.
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