Llynvi and Ogmore Railway

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The Llynvi and Ogmore Railway was a British railway company based in Glamorganshire in Wales .

history

The company was created on June 28, 1866 through the merger of the broad-gauge Llynvi Valley Railway and the standard-gauge Ogmore Valley Railways .

The company's route network extended from Porthcawl to Dyffryn with branches from Tondu to Bridgend and Nantymoel . By 1868 the entire route network was expanded to three tracks. In 1872 broad gauge operation was discontinued. There was also the route of the earlier Ely Valley Extension Railway , which was not connected to the rest of the network. The company therefore closed the gap between Blackmill and Hendreforgan in 1872/73 and connected the two parts. In 1873 a railway line through the Garw Valley to Blaengarw was built.

In 1868 514,301 tons of coal were transported.

From July 1, 1873, the company was leased and operated by the Great Western Railway . On July 1, 1876, the Cardiff and Ogmore Railway was taken over. In 1877/1878 Dyffryn extended the railway line to the Afan Valley by building the Cymer Tunnel and establishing a connection with the South Wales Mineral Railway .

By the time the Port Talbot harbor and the Barry Railway began operating, the railroad's operations were flourishing. After that, the traffic decreased noticeably. On July 1, 1883, the Great Western Railway took over the Llynvi and Ogmore Railway.

Locomotives

The company owned, among other things, two tank locomotives built by Slaughter, Grunning and Company in 1862 with the wheel arrangement C with the names ADA and UNA : There was also an 1863 2'B tank locomotive, which was also built by Slaughter, Grunning and Company, with the name PINK . In 1868 these broad gauge locomotives were given to the West Cornwall Railway in exchange for standard gauge locomotives.

The Great Western took over twelve locomotives in 1873, five C tank locomotives from 1865 from Sharp, Stewart and Company , four 1-D locomotives from 1868 from Robert Stephenson and Company, and three in 1871 from Black, Hawthorn & Co.

literature

  • Christopher Awdry: Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies . Stephens, Wellingborough 1990, ISBN 1-85260-049-7 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Times, Saturday, Sep 24, 1870; pg. 6th
  2. ↑ The Times, Friday, Aug 29, 1873; pg. 5
  3. ↑ http://www.digitaldesk.org/resources/afanvalley/railways.htm