Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway
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title:
Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway
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The Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway was promoted independently to relieve congestion on the heavily worked Eastern Valley Line of the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company. The Great Western Railway put up half the capital, making it in effect a GWR subsidiary. It opened in 1874, and most long-distance passenger and goods traffic, especially the heavy mineral traffic, transferred to it. It amalgamated with the GWR in 1876. The Llantarnam Link, connecting the upper Eastern Valley networ
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontypool,_Caerleon_and_Newport_Railway
date created:
2007-01-27T21:08:10Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T21:08:17Z
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