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Originally there was only one line of railway over the bridge; a second was brought into use on 18 April 1853. The new railway line, and bridge, had the effect of reducing the journey time between London and Swansea from 15 hours, by rail, road and ferry, to 5 hours by rail. [3] [4]
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The 1816 Old Wye Bridge The Bridge and Castle at Chepstow at the end of the 18th century Chepstow is located close to junction 2 of the M48 motorway , at the western end of the Severn Bridge . The bridge was opened in 1966 and has the second longest span of any bridge in the UK; it replaced the Aust-Beachley ferry .
Chepstow is a historic walled border town and ancient port, situated at the southern end of the Wye Valley, two hours from London. The line continues east from the station to Gloucester over the Chepstow railway bridge. It was formerly the junction station for the Wye Valley Railway to Monmouth Troy station until this line closed to passengers ...
After the Normans established a castle at Chepstow (then known as Striguil), a wooden bridge was constructed across the river at or close to its current site. The first records of a bridge at Chepstow date from 1228. [2] [3] The wooden bridge is known to have been replaced several times. Rebuilding was made difficult by the tidal range ...
Severn Tunnel Junction Yard was a major marshalling yard for the Great Western Railway in South Wales and the largest on the railway. It was built initially to support domestic coal traffic from the South Wales coalfield to either the Midlands, via the Gloucester line, or else to the Royal Navy dockyards of the south coast, through the tunnel.
Holme Lacy Bridge - Ballingham Railway Bridge: grid reference: 1855-1859 Ballingham: Carried the closed Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway over the river, the bridge decking is demolished. [4] Hoarwithy Bridge - Sellack Suspension Bridge II: Foy Bridge - Strangford Railway Bridge - Closed Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway line. Decking ...
World's earliest surviving iron railway bridge, built for a tramway to the Cyfarthfa Ironworks. [109] Clynnog Fawr, Pont y Cim: 1612: II: Caernarfonshire Gwynedd Near Pontllyfni: an inscribed stone on the bridge reads "Pont Y Cim, Catring Bwkle hath give 20 povends to mack this brighe. 1612". [110] Llanberis, Pont y Gromlech: II ...