Hall's Tramroad
Hall's Tramroad was a British railway company based in Monmouthshire , Wales .
Benjamin Hall had a horse-drawn tram built between 1805 and 1811 , which led from a coal mine near Gwrhay to the Monmouth and Brecon Canal near what is now Crosskeys . Hall was the son-in-law of the ironworks owner of Cyfarthfa Richard Crawshay and the father of the later First Commissioner of Works Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover .
In 1814 the line was extended to the Manmoel coal mines near Argoed . The track's track width was originally 3 feet (914 mm). Around 1828 the track gauge was changed to 4 feet and 2 inches (1270 mm) to allow for a problem-free car transition to the newly built Monmouthshire Railway and Canal at the end of the line at Risca .
The Great Western Railway received the right to purchase or lease Hall's Tramroad on July 13, 1876. At the end of 1877, she then leased the company for 1,000 years. After the conversion to standard gauge , the line was reopened in March 1886 from Manmoel to Penar Junction ( Pentwynmawr ) and in September 1912 along the entire length.
Passenger traffic was carried out from March 14, 1927. The line was in operation until December 31, 1979.
literature
- Christopher Awdry: Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies . Stephens, Wellingborough 1990, ISBN 1-85260-049-7 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Local history of the lower Ebbw & Sirhowy Valleys in Gwent, South Wales ( Memento of the original dated February 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
