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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]
Chepstow railway station is a part of the British railway system owned by Network Rail and is operated by Transport for Wales. Chepstow station is on the Gloucester to Newport Line, 141 miles 33 chains (227.6 km) from the zero point at Paddington, measured via Stroud. [2] It is 330 yards (300 m) from the town centre, at Station Road.
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[1] The stone and wooden bridge, before 1816. 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 ...
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 .
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.
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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 ...