Ross and Monmouth Railway
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ross-and-monmouth-railway-171-3706958
title:
Ross and Monmouth Railway
text:
The Ross and Monmouth Railway was a standard gauge railway of 13 miles (21 km) which ran between Ross-on-Wye, in Herefordshire, England and Monmouth, Wales. It was authorised in 1865 and opened in 1873, with a final extension at Monmouth delayed until 1874. It ran through picturesque terrain in the Upper Wye Valley, but construction costs considerably overran early estimates. The promoters hoped their line would form part of a trunk route for goods and mineral traffic between South Wales and the
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wiki
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original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_and_Monmouth_Railway
date created:
2009-07-19T08:19:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T09:28:56Z
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fields total:
13
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15