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rise on the original contract value, and to lease and work the line. The chairman was against acceptance, but a committee of shareholders considered that there was no realistic alternative, and voted in favour. The lease was incorporated into the 21 July 1859 Llanidloes and
Newtown Railway (Canal Extension) Act. (The proposed canal extension was to be a short tramway to the
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The point of divergence of the two routes was near
Penpontbren Farm, nearly two miles (3 km) south of Llanidloes station. The Manchester and Milford Railway constructed its line from the southern extremity, northwards, and the process was slow due to money shortages. The Mid-Wales Railway too was subject to cash problems, but most of its line from Penpontbren to
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492:...the L. & N. had taken the opportunity presented by the cost-sharing agreement and the Act of 1862 to build itself an unnecessarily extravagant station, whose main building stands to this day , a gaunt reminder dominating the outskirts of the town. So while the joint line cost ÂŁ16,000, outlay on the station amounted to more than ÂŁ20,000.
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On 25 July 1864 an Act was passed authorising the amalgamation of the L&NR with three more of the five railways forming the main line—the
Oswestry & Newtown, Newtown & Machynlleth and the Oswestry, Ellesmere & Whitchurch—to form the Cambrian Railways. A fifth line, the Aberystwith and
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After some argumentation, this difficulty was resolved by the
Llanidloes and Newtown Railway undertaking to build the duplicated section of line, granting running powers over the line to both companies, and, it hoped, to build a joint station at Llanidloes. This was authorised by Act of 17 July 1862.
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MP. A prospectus was approved: capital of ÂŁ60,000 would be needed to build the line, and annual receipts were estimated at ÂŁ8,250, offering a dividend of 7 per cent. The route was surveyed by Rice
Hopkins. The bill went forward to the 1853 Parliamentary session. Serious errors in Hopkins’ levels were
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approved the section for the Board of Trade in
January 1864. The Manchester and Milford Railway which was still building far to the south west, but when it should eventually reach Penpontbren a full double junction would have to be made there. Early in 1864 the through station built at Llanidloes in
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Some progress was made with construction, but by the end of 1857 all available money had been expended and work stopped, and Davies and Savin were working elsewhere. Early in 1859, Davies and Savin offered to finish the line, in exchange for all unissued shares and debentures, on paper a 25 per cent
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The Mid-Wales
Railway served a thinly-populated rural area, and its operational costs were increasing at a time when income was declining. When the Mid-Wales line closed, the portion of the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway between Moat Lane Junction and Llanidloes closed too, for all traffic with one
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Apart from contractors' trains, only one goods train ever reached
Llangurig. Money had run out: not surprisingly since by 31 December 1863 only ÂŁ7,953 had been raised by the M&MR against its authorised capital of ÂŁ666,000. To conquer the mountains beyond Llangurig a spectacular line was planned
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The
Llanidloes and Newtown Railway received its authorising Act on 4 August 1853. Commercial prospects seemed excellent; Whalley was elected chairman. The authorisation led to a period of elation within the company, and immediately a long extension line to Shrewsbury was suggested. However, the new
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was authorised by
Parliament. This scheme had been radically cut back during the Parliamentary hearings; only a few months previously its promoters called it "the Mid-Wales section of the Manchester, Liverpool, Swansea & Milford Haven Junction Railway," but it was authorised from Llanidloes as
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There was considerable disappointment in Llanidloes, that the town was now to be passed by, and much interest was shown in building their own line to Newtown, where a connection would be made with the Montgomeryshire line when it was built. A meeting was held at Llanidloes on 30 October 1852 under
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The original passenger timetable for the line showed four trains each way, weekdays only, taking 35 minutes for the journey. After the line had been opened to Aberystwyth, this was increased to five trains, with two on Sundays. The 1910 timetable showed a service of nine trains a day. There were
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The Penpontbren section, finished by February 1864, was double, but only the down line was ever used. This agreed with the original intention, which was to double the line only when the L&NR was doubled. From Penpontbren the M&MR turned west for three miles to the village of Llangurig,
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instead, abandoning the plan to reach Llangurig, and abandoning its two miles (3 km) of completed line there. The M&MR was nevertheless committed to pay its one-third of the operating cost and interest charges for the Llanidloes station, even though it now had no intention of reaching
426:. The authorised line was not what the Mid-Wales proprietors wanted, and in 1860 they returned to Parliament. This time they were more successful, and another Mid-Wales Railway Act was passed on 3 July 1860. This confirmed the previous year's approval, and extended it to
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The track provided for the M&MR from Llanidloes to Penpontbren was unused for many years, until in July 1872 Penpontbren Junction was commissioned, the section now working as a double line. In 1879 all traffic worked over the down line, for reasons not recorded. The
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Meanwhile the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway progressed with its Llanidloes to Penpontbren section; this was made with two single lines, the eastern for the Mid-Wales Railway, and the western for the Manchester and Milford Railway.
62:(M&MR), then under construction, undertook to pay a one-third share of the cost of the works, and of future maintenance and operation of the station. The M&MR later decided to alter the course of its line and never reached
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followed, opening on 3 January 1863, running westward from Moat Lane Junction, so that the southern (Llanidloes) end of the L&NR was now a spur branch line. The existing Moat Lane station (Caersws) was closed and replaced by
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applied for permission to close the line completely. This was rejected, but the passenger service from Moat Lane to Brecon was withdrawn (together with all freight services south of Llanidloes) from December 31, 1962.
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In February 1864 the M&MR was reviewing its strategy. The most difficult construction was yet to be made, and Newtown was beginning to appear an unattractive destination. Construction of the M&MR had reached
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Serving a thinly populated and remote area, the line was never commercially successful, and the long-distance through routes passing through did not succeed in bringing great traffic volumes to the line. When
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The line was finished to a temporary terminus at Newtown, and goods trains started running on 30 April 1859. The company was not in a position to operate passenger trains for some time; the necessary
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1351:, in the First Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Enquire into the Manner in Which Railway Communications can be Most Advantageously Promoted in Ireland, HMSO, London, 1837, page 32 onwards
220:, by now dominant in North Wales, took over the scheme but altered the route avoiding Llanidloes, and in fact the western part of this scheme was dropped before it went before Parliament.
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approval was received on 6 or 9 August and passenger train operation started on 2 September 1859. These were the first passenger trains to run in mid-Wales. Intermediate stations were at
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company quickly found great difficulty in raising subscriptions to build its own line. It was not until September 1855 that the first construction contract was awarded; that went to
1243:; second station; opened 5 January 1863; renamed Moat Lane Junction 1904; closed 31 December 1962; many sources use the name Moat Lane, but Chirstiansen and Miller call it Caersws;
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was already fairly well provided with canals, although the mountainous terrain made their engineering difficult. After 1830 attention was being given to railway communication with
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The line is undulating from Newtown to the approach to Moat Lane Junction. From there it climbed steadily at about 1 in 225 all the way to Llanidloes, but with about
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industry in the district. The 17-mile (27 km) line opened in 1859, and at first was isolated from any other railway, but from 1861 it became connected to
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Llanidloes was now the southern termination of the lines in the area, but two ambitious schemes to connect to Llanidloes were in hand. On 1 August 1859, the
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readiness for the opening of the Mid-Wales Railway to Brecon was completed and the L&NR used this station and closed its old terminus to passenger use.
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This multitude of small independent railway companies in the area was hardly sustainable, and amalgamation was agreed. By an authorising Act in 1864, the
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basin at Newtown, but it was never built.) The railway construction was resumed with the excavation of Scafell cutting. The company engineer was now
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333:, reached Llandinam in 1857. It was brought by road from Oswestry on a special road wagon pulled by 14 horses. Dove was probably a second hand
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and Newtown. However at this stage these schemes were merely proposals and had not achieved traction in gaining financial commitment. In fact
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Llanidloes. In addition the M&MR had to pay their share of the Penpontbren signalmen’s wages. The situation was only resolved when the
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with two tunnels totalling one and a half miles and a viaduct 280 ft high. Although a tunnel was started, work soon stopped.
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range. This section was ready and signalled by February 1864 and earthworks were also completed for a short distance beyond the village.
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was considering a London to Dublin route at the same time, and he too favoured Porthdinllaen as a ferry port. His line would have been
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of Manchester to work the 12-mile (19 km) line, and Davies and Savin used other engines for the construction. The first,
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by an allied railway company, and other companies also connected to it. From 1864 the company was incorporated into the new
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The original plan was for a double-track line but this was amended to single-track, with bridges built for later doubling.
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opened on 10 June 1861, connecting the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway to the rest of the railway network via
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Report on the Various Lines by which a Railway could be Carried from London to Port-Dinllaen in North Wales
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still nine trains (one of these being a school train) in 1960, with no Sunday service.
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Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain, volume XI, North and Mid Wales
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The section between Newtown and Moat Lane Junction remains in use as part of the
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newspapers described that as the opening and gave no mention of the earlier use.
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This is incorrectly shown on Cobb's map, which follows an error in CR Clinker,
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exception, on 30 December 1962. The single exception was cement traffic from
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and a Royal Commission was established in 1836 to enquire into the matter.
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was authorised on 4 July 1844, any scheme for Porthdinllaen was futile.
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Railway Passenger Stations in England, Scotland and Wales: A Chronology
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Moat Lane; first station; opened 11 August 1859; closed 5 January 1863;
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remains open, this was not part of the L&NR system, but was on the
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company was created, formed of the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway, the
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501:, and the company made the decision to turn west from there, to reach
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Welsh Coast Railway, joined the consortium just over a year later.
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The isolated state of the L&NR was not to last for long; the
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to Moat Lane, continues in use, carrying passenger trains on the
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626:, the two- and three-coach passenger trains were worked by ex-
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days, various Cambrian engines were drafted in, and later the
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was an 0-4-2 saddle tank built by Sharps in 1859 for them. In
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was made ready by March 1863, despite the difficult terrain.
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was authorised to build a line south from Llanidloes through
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mile (1 km) of 1 in 132 between Dolwen and Llanidloes.
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At the end of the eighteenth century, the local industry of
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line 10 June 1861 when the O&NR was opened; still open;
117:. Vignoles proposed a railway route to Porthdinllaen from
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Holden portrays this from the M&MR's point of view:
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exposed, but the scheme was quickly rectified and the
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Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain
580:to Llanidloes, for use in constructing the dam for
105:reported in 1837 on his recommended route to reach
607:, which was the property of Davies and Savin, but
2131:Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway
1736:The Railways of Great Britain: A Historical Atlas
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1252:; opened 11 August 1859; closed 31 December 1962;
1538:, Matador Publishers, Kibworth Beauchamp, 2017,
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2418:Portmadoc, Beddgelert and South Snowdon Railway
1436:, David St John Thomas Publisher, Nairn, 1991,
1325:Clinker’s Register of Closed Passenger Stations
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1971:Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
592:The original L&NR locomotives were of the
563:joined the consortium just over a year later.
2423:Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway
2286:Central Wales and Carmarthen Junction Railway
1921:Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway
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1749:Atlas of the Great Western Railway as at 1947
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8:
2373:Corris, Machynlleth and River Dovey Tramroad
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1223:Newtown; opened 11 August 1859; replaced by
1725:Christiansen and Miller, volume 2, page 194
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1364:, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1971,
2096:Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway
2076:Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway
2001:Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway
1866:Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway
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1655:Christiansen and Miller, pages 112 and 113
1362:The Cambrian Railways: volume I: 1852-1888
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557:Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway
368:The Llanidloes and Newtown Railway in 1864
145:, although a route similar to the present
89:The Llanidloes and Newtown Railway in 1859
2066:North Pembrokeshire and Fishguard Railway
2056:Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway
2026:Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway
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290:of Trefeglwys, as Rice Hopkins had died.
81:Before the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway
22:(L&NR) was a railway company between
2554:Gorseddau Junction and Portmadoc Railway
1886:Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway
1751:, Wild Swan Publications, Didcot, 1997,
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1710:
1473:Christiansen and Miller, pages 22 and 23
1418:, in the Railway Magazine, February 1963
232:A southbound train at Llanidloes station
109:, which was to use a natural harbour at
2352:Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway
2091:Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway
2041:Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
1573:, Oakwood Press, Tarrant Hinton, 1979,
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441:Later that month, on 23 July 1860, the
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224:Llanidloes and Newtown Railway proposed
2655:Pre-grouping British railway companies
2443:Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway
1916:Clarbeston Road and Letterston Railway
2046:Narberth Road and Maenclochog Railway
1881:Bristol and South Wales Union Railway
1738:, Ian Allan Limited, Shepperton, 2002
342:Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway
58:was to be extended and improved, the
7:
2307:Brynmawr and Western Valleys Railway
2171:Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway
2438:Ruthin and Cerrig-y-Drudion Railway
1911:Carmarthenshire Railway or Tramroad
1831:Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway
561:Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway
325:Four locomotives were ordered from
258:Statue of David Davies at Llandinam
1936:Denbigh, Ruthin and Corwen Railway
1571:The Manchester and Milford Railway
647:Western Region of British Railways
302:Moat Lane Junction Station in 1957
14:
2413:North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways
2408:Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway
2332:North Wales and Liverpool Railway
2251:Chester and Connah's Quay Railway
1360:Rex Christiansen and R W Miller,
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970:
2660:Standard gauge railways in Wales
2574:Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway
2342:Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway
2317:Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway
1981:Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway
1961:Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway
1804:Historic Welsh railway companies
1767:Christiansen and Miller, page 24
1673:Christiansen and Miller, page 71
1595:Christiansen and Miller, page 26
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218:London and North Western Railway
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2337:Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway
2241:Central Wales Extension Railway
2226:Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway
2106:Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
2061:Newtown and Machynlleth Railway
1941:Ely and Clydach Valleys Railway
1906:Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway
1225:new station near centre of town
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386:Newtown and Machynlleth Railway
2281:Swansea and Carmarthen Railway
2221:Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway
2126:Shrewsbury and Chester Railway
2036:Monmouth and Hereford Railway
2016:Manchester and Milford Railway
1986:Llanidloes and Newtown Railway
1416:Llanidloes and Newtown Railway
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655:Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth line
443:Manchester and Milford Railway
250:Authorisation and construction
149:was considered, and rejected.
75:Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth line
60:Manchester and Milford Railway
20:Llanidloes and Newtown Railway
1:
2609:Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry tramways
2388:Festiniog and Blaenau Railway
2312:Nantybwch and Rhymney Railway
2191:Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway
2181:Whitland and Cardigan Railway
1991:Llangollen and Corwen Railway
1392:Christiansen, pages 19 and 20
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920:Newtown & Machynlleth Rly
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510:leased the M&MR in 1911.
340:locomotive acquired from the
246:was passed on 4 August 1853.
2246:Chester and Holyhead Railway
2216:Bangor and Carnarvon Railway
2081:Oswestry and Newtown Railway
1951:Ely Valley Extension Railway
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663:Oswestry and Newtown Railway
622:was used on the line. Under
549:Oswestry and Newtown Railway
374:Oswestry and Newtown Railway
195:Chester and Holyhead Railway
2453:Swansea and Mumbles Railway
2428:Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway
2256:Conway and Llanrwst Railway
2071:North Wales Mineral Railway
1836:Alexandra Docks and Railway
1495:, Oakwood Press, Usk 2003,
1327:, Avon-Anglia, 1988 edition
757:
208:), Newtown, Llanidloes and
2676:
2514:Crawshay's Private Railway
2489:Beaufort Ironworks Tramway
2357:Wrexham and Minera Railway
2156:Vale of Llangollen Railway
2146:Tanat Valley Light Railway
2086:Pembroke and Tenby Railway
1956:Gwendraeth Valleys Railway
1901:Cardiff and Ogmore Railway
1871:Brecon and Merthyr Railway
1846:Bala and Festiniog Railway
1664:Baughan, pages 154 and 155
743:Oswestry & Newtown Rly
409:Llanidloes Station in 1990
327:Sharp, Stewart and Company
113:on the north coast of the
2271:Red Wharf Bay branch line
2151:Vale of Glamorgan Railway
2121:Ross and Monmouth Railway
2006:Llynvi and Ogmore Railway
1841:Bala and Dolgelly Railway
1525:Baughan, pages 204 to 208
1189:
1174:
1136:
1129:
1107:
1100:
1085:
1076:
1047:
1040:
1018:
1011:
989:
985:
956:
949:
927:
916:
894:
887:
872:
865:
843:
839:
810:
801:
772:
765:
750:
739:
724:
2448:Snowdon Mountain Railway
2211:Anglesey Central Railway
2051:Neath and Brecon Railway
147:Chester – Holyhead route
103:Charles Blacker Vignoles
2166:Vale of Rheidol Railway
1931:Corwen and Bala Railway
1826:Aberdare Valley Railway
1616:Holden, pages 43 and 44
1274:, former junction with
1270:; end-on junction with
153:Isambard Kingdom Brunel
2599:Penrhyn Quarry Railway
2579:Merionethshire Railway
2468:Welsh Highland Railway
2231:Carnarvonshire Railway
1851:Barry Dock and Railway
536:
494:
422:only, passing through
410:
369:
303:
284:Shropshire Union Canal
259:
239:George Hammond Whalley
233:
90:
2624:Trefor Quarry railway
2504:Cedryn Quarry Tramway
2291:Vale of Clwyd Railway
2236:Central Wales Railway
2161:Vale of Neath Railway
1493:The Mid-Wales Railway
508:Great Western Railway
408:
401:Southward connections
382:Great Western Railway
367:
301:
257:
231:
88:
2619:Saundersfoot Railway
2347:Vale of Towy Railway
2322:Taff Bargoed Railway
2176:West Midland Railway
1268:Penpontbren Junction
1229:Oswestry and Newtown
1131:Penpontbren Junction
526:sheltered under the
237:the chairmanship of
2549:Elan Valley Railway
2477:Industrial railways
2403:Kinmel Camp Railway
2393:Glyn Valley Tramway
2136:South Wales Railway
2101:Port Talbot Railway
1444:, pages 149 and 150
430:, giving access to
360:Connecting railways
2604:Penydarren Tramway
2564:Hendre-Ddu Tramway
2519:Crickheath Tramway
2383:Ffestiniog Railway
2378:Fairbourne Railway
2186:Wye Valley Railway
1946:Ely Valley Railway
1861:Blaenavon Tramroad
889:Moat Lane Junction
582:Clywedog Reservoir
411:
391:one nearer Newtown
370:
304:
275:of Llwyn-y-maen.
260:
234:
91:
56:Llanidloes station
2650:Cambrian Railways
2637:
2636:
2559:Gorseddau Tramway
2484:Bailey's Tramroad
2366:Independent lines
2141:Taff Vale Railway
2031:Mid-Wales Railway
1976:Llancaiach Branch
1891:Cambrian Railways
1702:Brunel University
1691:Baughan, page 169
1682:Baughan, page 213
1628:Baughan, page 227
1503:, pages 15 and 16
1482:Baughan, page 151
1432:Peter E Baughan,
1272:Mid-Wales Railway
1220:
1219:
1216:
1215:
1193:Mid-Wales Railway
545:Cambrian Railways
415:Mid-Wales Railway
244:Act of Parliament
191:George Stephenson
48:Cambrian Railways
2667:
2629:Tremadoc Tramway
2614:Rhiwbach Tramway
2534:Dinorwic Railway
2499:Buckley Tramroad
2494:Bryn Oer Tramway
2458:Talyllyn Railway
2266:Llanelly Railway
2261:Knighton Railway
2201:London and North
1996:Llangurig branch
1876:Bridgend Railway
1821:Aberdare Railway
1798:
1791:
1784:
1775:
1768:
1765:
1759:
1745:
1739:
1732:
1726:
1723:
1717:
1714:
1705:
1698:
1692:
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1665:
1662:
1656:
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1647:
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1638:
1635:
1629:
1626:
1617:
1614:
1605:
1602:
1596:
1593:
1582:
1581:, pages 15 to 18
1567:
1556:
1553:
1547:
1534:Donald J Grant,
1532:
1526:
1523:
1504:
1489:
1483:
1480:
1474:
1471:
1458:
1451:
1445:
1430:
1419:
1414:Andrew Muckley,
1412:
1393:
1390:
1373:
1372:, pages 14 to 16
1358:
1352:
1345:
1328:
1321:
1315:
1311:
1296:
1295:
1291:
1276:Llangurig branch
1184:
1183:
1162:Llangurig branch
1153:
1152:
1146:
1145:
1124:
1123:
1117:
1116:
1095:
1094:
1071:
1070:
1064:
1063:
1057:
1056:
1035:
1034:
1028:
1027:
1006:
1005:
999:
998:
980:
979:
973:
972:
966:
965:
944:
943:
937:
936:
911:
910:
904:
903:
882:
881:
860:
859:
853:
852:
834:
833:
827:
826:
820:
819:
796:
795:
789:
788:
782:
781:
760:
759:
734:
733:
722:
696:
689:
682:
673:
624:British Railways
516:Llangurig branch
420:Newbridge-on-Wye
172:
168:
166:
165:
161:
2675:
2674:
2670:
2669:
2668:
2666:
2665:
2664:
2640:
2639:
2638:
2633:
2589:Nantlle Tramway
2539:Dowlais Railway
2529:Deeside Tramway
2524:Croesor Tramway
2472:
2361:
2327:Buckley Railway
2295:
2276:Sirhowy Railway
2203:Western Railway
2202:
2195:
2111:Rhymney Railway
2021:Mawddwy Railway
1966:Kington Tramway
1896:Cardiff Railway
1812:
1805:
1802:
1772:
1771:
1766:
1762:
1746:
1742:
1733:
1729:
1724:
1720:
1715:
1708:
1699:
1695:
1690:
1686:
1681:
1677:
1672:
1668:
1663:
1659:
1654:
1650:
1646:Holden, page 96
1645:
1641:
1637:Holden, page 51
1636:
1632:
1627:
1620:
1615:
1608:
1604:Kidner, page 32
1603:
1599:
1594:
1585:
1568:
1559:
1555:Grant, page 356
1554:
1550:
1544:978 1785893 537
1533:
1529:
1524:
1507:
1490:
1486:
1481:
1477:
1472:
1461:
1453:Michael Quick,
1452:
1448:
1431:
1422:
1413:
1396:
1391:
1376:
1359:
1355:
1346:
1342:
1337:
1332:
1331:
1322:
1318:
1312:
1308:
1303:
1293:
1289:
1288:
1285:
1196:
1185:
1170:
1165:
1154:
1147:
1132:
1125:
1118:
1096:
1081:
1072:
1065:
1058:
1036:
1029:
1007:
1000:
981:
974:
967:
951:Moat Lane (old)
945:
938:
923:
912:
905:
883:
861:
854:
835:
828:
821:
806:
797:
790:
783:
761:
746:
735:
716:
707:
706:
705:Newtown Railway
704:
700:
671:
659:Newtown station
639:
599:type, built by
590:
573:
541:
403:
362:
296:
288:Benjamin Piercy
252:
226:
170:
163:
159:
158:
157:7 ft
156:
83:
32:Montgomeryshire
12:
11:
5:
2673:
2671:
2663:
2662:
2657:
2652:
2642:
2641:
2635:
2634:
2632:
2631:
2626:
2621:
2616:
2611:
2606:
2601:
2596:
2594:Padarn Railway
2591:
2586:
2581:
2576:
2571:
2566:
2561:
2556:
2551:
2546:
2544:Eigiau Tramway
2541:
2536:
2531:
2526:
2521:
2516:
2511:
2509:Cowlyd Tramway
2506:
2501:
2496:
2491:
2486:
2480:
2478:
2474:
2473:
2471:
2470:
2465:
2460:
2455:
2450:
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2440:
2435:
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2415:
2410:
2405:
2400:
2395:
2390:
2385:
2380:
2375:
2369:
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2363:
2362:
2360:
2359:
2354:
2349:
2344:
2339:
2334:
2329:
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2319:
2314:
2309:
2303:
2301:
2297:
2296:
2294:
2293:
2288:
2283:
2278:
2273:
2268:
2263:
2258:
2253:
2248:
2243:
2238:
2233:
2228:
2223:
2218:
2213:
2207:
2205:
2197:
2196:
2194:
2193:
2188:
2183:
2178:
2173:
2168:
2163:
2158:
2153:
2148:
2143:
2138:
2133:
2128:
2123:
2118:
2116:Rumney Railway
2113:
2108:
2103:
2098:
2093:
2088:
2083:
2078:
2073:
2068:
2063:
2058:
2053:
2048:
2043:
2038:
2033:
2028:
2023:
2018:
2013:
2008:
2003:
1998:
1993:
1988:
1983:
1978:
1973:
1968:
1963:
1958:
1953:
1948:
1943:
1938:
1933:
1928:
1926:Corris Railway
1923:
1918:
1913:
1908:
1903:
1898:
1893:
1888:
1883:
1878:
1873:
1868:
1863:
1858:
1853:
1848:
1843:
1838:
1833:
1828:
1823:
1817:
1815:
1807:
1806:
1803:
1801:
1800:
1793:
1786:
1778:
1770:
1769:
1760:
1740:
1734:Col M H Cobb,
1727:
1718:
1706:
1693:
1684:
1675:
1666:
1657:
1648:
1639:
1630:
1618:
1606:
1597:
1583:
1557:
1548:
1527:
1505:
1484:
1475:
1459:
1446:
1420:
1394:
1374:
1353:
1347:C B Vignoles,
1339:
1338:
1336:
1333:
1330:
1329:
1316:
1305:
1304:
1302:
1299:
1284:
1281:
1280:
1279:
1265:
1259:
1253:
1247:
1244:
1238:
1232:
1218:
1217:
1214:
1213:
1211:
1209:
1207:
1205:
1203:
1201:
1198:
1197:
1190:
1188:
1186:
1179:
1177:
1175:
1172:
1171:
1168:
1166:
1159:
1157:
1155:
1148:
1141:
1139:
1137:
1134:
1133:
1130:
1128:
1126:
1119:
1112:
1110:
1108:
1105:
1104:
1099:
1097:
1090:
1088:
1086:
1083:
1082:
1077:
1075:
1073:
1066:
1059:
1052:
1050:
1048:
1045:
1044:
1039:
1037:
1030:
1023:
1021:
1019:
1016:
1015:
1010:
1008:
1001:
994:
992:
990:
987:
986:
984:
982:
975:
968:
961:
959:
957:
954:
953:
948:
946:
939:
932:
930:
928:
925:
924:
917:
915:
913:
906:
899:
897:
895:
892:
891:
886:
884:
877:
875:
873:
870:
869:
864:
862:
855:
848:
846:
844:
841:
840:
838:
836:
829:
822:
815:
813:
811:
808:
807:
802:
800:
798:
791:
784:
777:
775:
773:
770:
769:
764:
762:
755:
753:
751:
748:
747:
740:
738:
736:
729:
727:
725:
718:
717:
712:
709:
708:
703:Llanidloes and
702:
701:
699:
698:
691:
684:
676:
670:
667:
638:
635:
589:
586:
572:
569:
540:
537:
499:Strata Florida
447:Strata Florida
402:
399:
361:
358:
335:Sharp, Roberts
308:Board of Trade
295:
292:
251:
248:
225:
222:
115:LlĹ·n Peninsula
82:
79:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
2672:
2661:
2658:
2656:
2653:
2651:
2648:
2647:
2645:
2630:
2627:
2625:
2622:
2620:
2617:
2615:
2612:
2610:
2607:
2605:
2602:
2600:
2597:
2595:
2592:
2590:
2587:
2585:
2584:Morda Tramway
2582:
2580:
2577:
2575:
2572:
2570:
2569:Kerry Tramway
2567:
2565:
2562:
2560:
2557:
2555:
2552:
2550:
2547:
2545:
2542:
2540:
2537:
2535:
2532:
2530:
2527:
2525:
2522:
2520:
2517:
2515:
2512:
2510:
2507:
2505:
2502:
2500:
2497:
2495:
2492:
2490:
2487:
2485:
2482:
2481:
2479:
2475:
2469:
2466:
2464:
2461:
2459:
2456:
2454:
2451:
2449:
2446:
2444:
2441:
2439:
2436:
2434:
2431:
2429:
2426:
2424:
2421:
2419:
2416:
2414:
2411:
2409:
2406:
2404:
2401:
2399:
2396:
2394:
2391:
2389:
2386:
2384:
2381:
2379:
2376:
2374:
2371:
2370:
2368:
2364:
2358:
2355:
2353:
2350:
2348:
2345:
2343:
2340:
2338:
2335:
2333:
2330:
2328:
2325:
2323:
2320:
2318:
2315:
2313:
2310:
2308:
2305:
2304:
2302:
2298:
2292:
2289:
2287:
2284:
2282:
2279:
2277:
2274:
2272:
2269:
2267:
2264:
2262:
2259:
2257:
2254:
2252:
2249:
2247:
2244:
2242:
2239:
2237:
2234:
2232:
2229:
2227:
2224:
2222:
2219:
2217:
2214:
2212:
2209:
2208:
2206:
2204:
2198:
2192:
2189:
2187:
2184:
2182:
2179:
2177:
2174:
2172:
2169:
2167:
2164:
2162:
2159:
2157:
2154:
2152:
2149:
2147:
2144:
2142:
2139:
2137:
2134:
2132:
2129:
2127:
2124:
2122:
2119:
2117:
2114:
2112:
2109:
2107:
2104:
2102:
2099:
2097:
2094:
2092:
2089:
2087:
2084:
2082:
2079:
2077:
2074:
2072:
2069:
2067:
2064:
2062:
2059:
2057:
2054:
2052:
2049:
2047:
2044:
2042:
2039:
2037:
2034:
2032:
2029:
2027:
2024:
2022:
2019:
2017:
2014:
2012:
2011:Maerdy Branch
2009:
2007:
2004:
2002:
1999:
1997:
1994:
1992:
1989:
1987:
1984:
1982:
1979:
1977:
1974:
1972:
1969:
1967:
1964:
1962:
1959:
1957:
1954:
1952:
1949:
1947:
1944:
1942:
1939:
1937:
1934:
1932:
1929:
1927:
1924:
1922:
1919:
1917:
1914:
1912:
1909:
1907:
1904:
1902:
1899:
1897:
1894:
1892:
1889:
1887:
1884:
1882:
1879:
1877:
1874:
1872:
1869:
1867:
1864:
1862:
1859:
1857:
1856:Barry Railway
1854:
1852:
1849:
1847:
1844:
1842:
1839:
1837:
1834:
1832:
1829:
1827:
1824:
1822:
1819:
1818:
1816:
1814:
1811:Great Western
1808:
1799:
1794:
1792:
1787:
1785:
1780:
1779:
1776:
1764:
1761:
1758:
1757:0 906867 65 7
1754:
1750:
1744:
1741:
1737:
1731:
1728:
1722:
1719:
1713:
1711:
1707:
1703:
1697:
1694:
1688:
1685:
1679:
1676:
1670:
1667:
1661:
1658:
1652:
1649:
1643:
1640:
1634:
1631:
1625:
1623:
1619:
1613:
1611:
1607:
1601:
1598:
1592:
1590:
1588:
1584:
1580:
1579:0 85361 244 7
1576:
1572:
1566:
1564:
1562:
1558:
1552:
1549:
1545:
1541:
1537:
1531:
1528:
1522:
1520:
1518:
1516:
1514:
1512:
1510:
1506:
1502:
1501:0 85361 606 X
1498:
1494:
1488:
1485:
1479:
1476:
1470:
1468:
1466:
1464:
1460:
1456:
1450:
1447:
1443:
1442:0 946537 59 3
1439:
1435:
1429:
1427:
1425:
1421:
1417:
1411:
1409:
1407:
1405:
1403:
1401:
1399:
1395:
1389:
1387:
1385:
1383:
1381:
1379:
1375:
1371:
1370:0 7153 5236 9
1367:
1363:
1357:
1354:
1350:
1344:
1341:
1334:
1326:
1320:
1317:
1310:
1307:
1300:
1298:
1282:
1277:
1273:
1269:
1266:
1263:
1260:
1257:
1254:
1251:
1248:
1245:
1242:
1239:
1236:
1233:
1230:
1226:
1222:
1221:
1212:
1210:
1208:
1206:
1204:
1202:
1200:
1199:
1195:
1194:
1187:
1178:
1176:
1173:
1167:
1164:
1163:
1158:
1156:
1140:
1138:
1135:
1127:
1111:
1109:
1106:
1103:
1098:
1089:
1087:
1084:
1080:
1074:
1051:
1049:
1046:
1043:
1038:
1022:
1020:
1017:
1014:
1009:
993:
991:
988:
983:
960:
958:
955:
952:
947:
931:
929:
926:
922:
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202:Minsterley
187:Montgomery
119:Shrewsbury
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