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The Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway was built to bring the coal output of the Aberdare and Rhondda valleys directly to Alexandra Docks at Newport. It was a little over 5 miles (8 km) in length, running from Pontypridd to a junction near Caerphilly ; from there to Newport existing allied railways conveyed the mineral trains.
If a railway could be built from Pontypridd to Newport, the coalfield there could use Newport Docks as an alternative. The Brecon and Merthyr Railway had by this time built a line between Caerphilly and Newport, and the gap from Pontypridd to Caerphilly was only 5 miles. The result was a proposal for a line connecting Pontypridd and Newport ...
The Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway (PC&NR) was opened for goods on 25 July 1884, providing a route to Newport Docks for Rhondda coal; the trains were worked by TVR locomotives. Passenger services, which used the TVR's station at Pontypridd, began on 28 December 1887, and were operated by the Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks ...
The Monmouthshire Railway Company's profitability had been good in recent years, averaging 5 to 6%, and the settlement of acquisition got them £130 of Great Western Guaranteed 5% Stock for every £100 of Monmouthshire Ordinary. [26] (The Sirhowy Railway was in fact acquired by the London and North Western Railway.) [27] [page needed]
Caerphilly railway station (Welsh: Gorsaf reilffordd Caerffili) is a railway station serving the town of Caerphilly, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network. The station is located at Station Road in the south of the town.
Pontypridd Tram Road (also known as Pontypridd Tram Road Halt [1]) was a railway station in Pontypridd, Wales. From 1904 to 1922, [2] it served as the Pontypridd terminus of the Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway's local passenger service between Pontypridd and Caerphilly.
The Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. clxxvi) (the Machen Loop Act 1887) authorised the Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway to double the B&MTJR's Caerphilly branch. Accordingly, a new 'down' line was laid on a divergent route to Machen from Gwaun-y-Bara Junction.
White Hart Halt was a short-lived railway halt in South Wales.. The halt was situated near the White Hart Inn. It was on both the 'up' and 'down' sections of the Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Machen loop line.