Taff Vale Railway
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taff-vale-railway-182-1232176
title:
Taff Vale Railway
text:
The Taff Vale Railway (TVR) was a standard gauge railway in South Wales, built by the Taff Vale Railway Company to serve the iron and coal industries around Merthyr Tydfil and to connect them with docks in Cardiff. It was opened in stages in 1840 and 1841. In the railway's first years, the coal mining industries expanded considerably and branches were soon opened in the Rhondda valleys and the Cynon Valley. The conveyance of coal for export and for transport away from South Wales began to domina
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Railway company and line in South Wales
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taff_Vale_Railway
date created:
2003-10-26T14:22:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T12:50:12Z
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