What is Vale of Glamorgan Railway?
The '''Vale of Glamorgan Railway Company''' are a [[Wales|Welsh]] [[railway]] preservation society originally called the '''Butetown Historic Railway Society'''. In 1979, the '''Butetown Historic Railway Society''' was formed at [[Butetown railway station|Bute Road Station]] in the [[Cardiff Docks|docklands]] are of [[Cardiff]]. The aim was to restore the then derelict [[Taff Vale Railway]] station, and establish a steam hauled passenger service to [[Cardiff Queen Street station]]. By 1994, a short section of track existed, and the steam locomotive ''Sir Gomer'' hauled short passenger trains.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trackbed.com/vogr/company_vogr.htm|title=Vale of Glamorgan Railway|website=www.trackbed.com}}</ref> By 1997, the [[Cardiff Bay Development Corporation]] was in charge of the redevelopment of [[Butetown]], and dismissed the idea of a rejuvenated steam railway as part of their plans. Even prior to 1997 the railway started negotiations with the [[Vale of Glamorgan Council]] and moved in during 1998 to its new base at [[Barry Island Railway]]. It renamed it self the '''Vale of Glamorgan Railway Company''' and were based there till early 2009 operating heritage services both steam and diesel over an expanding network of lines. Following the December 2007 decision by landlords, the [[Vale of Glamorgan Council]] to terminate the £65,000 funding of the Barry Island Railway, the society maintain a service. However less than six months after withdrawing financial support, the council with out warning decided to put the railway site out to [[tender]] under a long term lease. There were three bids submitted<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/errors/notfound.aspx|title=notfound|website=www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk|access-date=2019-02-13|archive-date=2019-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301074455/https://www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/errors/notfound.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> with the sucsefull bidder being the commercial company Cambrian Transport who have been the cou