Cardiff Railway
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cardiff-railway-171-12772841
title:
Cardiff Railway
text:
From 1839 the trustees of the Marquis of Bute, operated a large dock operation in Cardiff, the "Bute Docks". This was very successful, but was overwhelmed by the huge volume of coal exported through Cardiff. At the same time it was seen that railway companies, especially the Taff Vale Railway (TVR), were making money conveying the coal to the docks. The Bute Docks company decided to build a railway from Pontypridd to their dock; they obtained an act of Parliament, the Cardiff Railway Act 1898, g
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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United Kingdom legislation
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Railway
date created:
2004-11-08T16:16:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T09:18:14Z
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