Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway
The Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway was a British railway company based in Gloucestershire in England and Wales .
The company was founded on August 20, 1853 to link the Forest of Dean with the coal region in South Wales. The driving force behind this was Member of Parliament Crawshaw Bailey . When the company was founded, the Monmouth Railway (Monmouth-Coleford) was also taken over. On June 2, 1856, the section from Pontypool to Usk and on October 12, 1857 the remaining line to Monmouth was opened. The operation was incumbent on the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway , to which the CMU & R connected in Pontypool. On July 1, 1861, the bridge over the Wye was opened and at the same time the line was leased to the West Midlands Railway for 1000 years . The planned continuation of the line to Coleford was no longer implemented. On August 22, 1881 the company was acquired by the Great Western Railway .
Passenger traffic ceased on June 13, 1955 and freight traffic on September 13, 1965.
literature
- Christopher Awdry: Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies . Stephens, Wellingborough 1990, ISBN 1-85260-049-7 .