Rhondda Valley and Hirwain Junction Railway Act 1872
WHEREAS by "The Rhondda Valley and Hirwain Junction Railway Act, 1867," (herein-after called "the Act of 1867,") the Rhondda Valley and Hirwain Junction Railway Company (herein-after called "the Company") were incorporated and authorised to make and maintain certain railways in the county of Glamorgan:

And whereas it is expedient that the Company be empowered to abandon the construction of portions of the said railways and to construct the railways herein-after described:

And whereas it is ...