Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway

The Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway was a British railway company in Herefordshire in England and Monmouthshire in Wales.

History

Mid-1840s, was created under the name " Welsh Midland Railway " of the plan to build a rail link between Worcester and Merthyr Tydfil. This idea has not been implemented, however, it developed the plan to build a railway line between Newport and Hereford.

The Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway was founded on August 3, 1846. The Company acquired the operated between Hereford and Abergavenny horse courses Hereford Railway, Railway Llanvihangel and Grosmont Railway to build on the existing track bed the new railway line. The planning and construction was carried out by Charles Liddell. The financial crisis of 1847-1851 delayed the construction work. The attempt by the London and North Western Railway to acquire the company, was rejected by the Parliament. The first train arrived in 1853 Hereford on December 6. The scheduled train service between Hereford and Pontypool was opened in January 1854. In Pontypool was a transition to a railroad in the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal to Newport.

On January 11, 1858, approved on July 9, 1847 railway Coedygric North Junction Quakers ' Yard ( Taff Valley Extension) was opened to Merthyr Tydfil with a connection to the Taff Valley Railway. In the course of this topographically difficult rail system, the construction of two major bridges Crumlin Viaduct and Hengoed Viaduct was required.

1860 merged the financial strapped society with the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway and the Worcester and Hereford Railway to the West Midland Railway.