◊ 1882 : Taff Vale Railway Company - A newspaper notice published within the Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian, Glamorgan, Monmouth and Brecon Gazette on the 26th July 1862
[156] [361] of a Special General Meeting to be held in Bristol on the 12th August 1862 to approve Heads of Agreement regarding a Lease between the TVR and the Penarth Harbour Dock and Railway Company. During this meeting, the Penarth Company agreed
Heads of Agreement with the TVR and on the same day, at a Special General Meeting of the TVR it was also approved by the Directors. The next day, the two companies confirmed agreement which was bound by an Act of Parliament :
' The Penarth Harbour, Dock, and Railway Leasing Act, 1863 ' which held that
' The Penarth Harbour, Dock and Railway Company granted a lease to the Taff Vale Railway Company for a period of 999 years from 1st January 1864. ' - James Poole chairman of the Taff Vale Railway Company.