Llanvihangel Railway
The Llanvihangel Railway was a British railway company based in Monmouthshire in Wales .
history
The Llanvihangel Railway was founded on May 25, 1811. The starting capital was £ 21,750. Members of Parliament were Lord Arthur Somerset and Charles Morgan, 2nd Baronet . The initiative for the construction of the railway line came from the Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal, which had received corresponding rights.
The first planning was done in 1810 by William Crosley . The construction was finally carried out under the direction of John Hodgkinon .
In 1814, the 8.5-kilometer horse-drawn railway line opened with a gauge of 1067 mm from Govilon to Llanvihangel Crucorney . In Govilon there was a mooring on the Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal and in Llanvihangel Crucorney a connection to the Grosmont Railway . This created a continuous connection between the canal and Hereford .
The coal deliveries to the gas works in Abergavenny and the transport services for the Powell mines ensured a high transport volume.
The Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway took over the railway company on August 3, 1846, which built its standard-gauge line on part of the route . The liquidation of the company was delayed until 1853 because the new company was unable to pay off the old owners promptly. The Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway used part of the route south of Abergavenny from 1859.
literature
- Christopher Awdry: Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies . Stephens, Wellingborough 1990, ISBN 1-85260-049-7 .
- Helen J. Simpson, The day the trains came: the Herefordshire railways . Gracewing Publishing, 1997, ISBN 0-85244-374-9 .