Duffryn Llynvi and Porthcawl Railway. The Llynvi and Ogmore Railway was opened in 1865, and the two companies amalgamated to form the Llynvi and Ogmore Railway...
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gauge railway located in South Wales, which is being recreated as a heritage railway. Formerly part of the Llynvi and Ogmore Railway (L&OR) and built...
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Ogmore Valley Railway. The station was opened as Tynewydd on 12 May 1873 by the Llynvi and Ogmore Railway. Its name was changed to Tynewydd Ogmore Vale on 22...
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2147 ex-Llynvi Valley Railway 0-6-0ST 2148 – 2153 0-6-0ST Dido class 2154 – 2155 0-6-0ST Remus class 2156 0-6-0ST 2157-2159 ex-Great Western Railway Sir Watkin...
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Cuthbert A. Brereton (category Engineer and Railway Staff Corps officers)
engineer to the Llynvi and Ogmore Railways, and the Portcawl Docks and was afterwards assistant engineer on the London Inner Circle railway. He built the...
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Valley Railway. The station was opened on 12 May 1873 by the Llynvi and Ogmore Railway. It was known as Nant-y-moel in the timetables from 1877 to the...
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the Llynvi and Ogmore Railway. It was also known as Black Mill in Bradshaw until 1896. The service to Gilfach Goch stopped on 22 September 1930 and the...
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Alcester Railway (1878) Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway (31 December 1883) Llynvi and Ogmore Railway (1883) Llynvi Valley Railway (1866) Duffryn...
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Maesteg Castle Street railway station served the town of Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales from 1864 to 1970 on the Llynvi and Ogmore Railway. The station opened...
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railway station served the village of Kenfig Hill, in the historical county of Glamorgan, Wales, from 1865 to 1958 on the Llynvi and Ogmore Railway....
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Bridgend Branch. The station was opened on 25 February 1864 by the Llynvi and Ogmore Railway. It was a short-lived terminus, only being open for nine years...
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Llynfi Valley Railway merged with the Ogmore Valley Railway in 1866, creating the Llynvi and Ogmore Railway. Despite the conversion to a railway, trains on...
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obtained the co-operation of the Llynfi company and jointly obtained the Llynvi and Ogmore Railways Act in June 1864. This included the new dock, to...
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Hepburn Llynvi and Ogmore Railway J Routledge Monmouthshire Railway W Craig (1849–1854) R Laybourne (1854–1868) H Appleby (1868–1875) Rhymney Railway Thomas...
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Llynvi Valley Railway on 25 February 1864. Originally developed as part of the Duffryn Llynvi and Porthcawl Railway, it was a junction of six railway...
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Ogmore Valleys Extension (OVE) line, a part of the PTR&D, was opened. It had been projected as a defensive measure against competitive incursion, and...
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opened by the South Wales Railway in 1850. It was relocated in 1876 and amalgamated with the former Llynvi and Ogmore Railway station of 1865, which served...
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Caerau railway station served the village of Caerau, in the historical county of Glamorgan, Wales, from 1901 to 1970 on the Llynvi and Ogmore Railway. The...
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unavoidable merger in 1872 with the Llynvi Coal and Iron Company Ltd to make the Llynvi, Tondu and Ogmore Coal and Iron Company, then by the 1878 liquidation...
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Maesteg (Neath Road) railway station served the town of Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales from 1898 to 1964 on the Llynvi and Ogmore Railway. The station opened...
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Pontrhydyfen and the lower part of the PTR was closed. In 1954 Briton Ferry Dock closed as a trade harbour. The R&SBR line and the GWR former Llynvi and Ogmore Railway...
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Railway. The station was opened as Brynmenin on 12 May 1873 by the Llynvi and Ogmore Railway. Its name was changed to Brynmenyn in 1886, although the old spelling...
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Tondu (section Railway connections)
Llynvi, Tondu and Ogmore Coal and Iron Company Limited which merged Brogdens’ Glamorgan business interests with those of the Llynvi Coal and Iron Co. This...
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July 1860. The Llynvi Valley Railway had been a tramway; the company obtained power to convert to a broad gauge railway at Bridgend, and in August 1861...
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through the Rhondda Tunnel and on to Maesteg and Bridgend via a connection at Cymmer Afan (over the Llynvi and Ogmore Railway) remained open until 1968...
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Rhondda Tunnel (category Railway tunnels in Wales)
The Rhondda Tunnel is an abandoned railway tunnel that runs between the Rhondda and the Afan Valleys in South Wales. It is 3,443 yards (3,148 m) long,...
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limited capacity. The alternative was over the Llynvi and Ogmore Railway and to Barry via Peterston and the spur to Drope Junction, or of course to Penarth...
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ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687. Station on navigable O.S. map Railscot Llynvi Valley Extension [1] 51°39′17″N 3°36′06″W / 51.6548°N 3.6018°W / 51.6548;...
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list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following: Year of closure is given if known. Stations reopened as heritage railways continue to...
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list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following: Year of closure is given if known. Stations reopened as heritage railways continue to...
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