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The Beeching cuts were a reduction in the size of the British railway network, along with a restructuring of British Rail, in the 1960s. Since the mid-1990s there has been significant growth in passenger numbers on the railways and renewed government interest in the role of rail in UK transport.
The Welsh railway system is split into three detached parts: The South Wales network, consisting of the South Wales Main Line, the West Wales lines and their complex network of associated branches, including the Valley Lines, the Cambrian Line serving mid-Wales, and in North Wales, the North Wales Coast Line and its associated branches.
Bangor and Carnarvon Railway; Beaver's Hill Halt railway station; Berwyn railway station; Bettisfield railway station; Blaengwynfi railway station; Blaenrhondda railway station; Bont Newydd railway station; Bonwm Halt railway station; Bow Street railway station; Briton Ferry railway station; Bronwydd Arms railway station; Bryn Teifi railway station
See also Railway lines in Wales for open lines and Heritage railways in Wales for preserved lines Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
The Denbigh, Ruthin and Corwen Railway was a standard gauge railway line that connected Corwen with Denbigh via Ruthin in North Wales. The line was promoted independently as part of the rivalry between the London and North Western Railway and the Great Western Railway for access to Rhyl. It opened in stages from 1862 to 1865, and was worked by ...
The station was closed by British Railways on 14 June 1965, along with many other wayside stations on the route (as a result of the Beeching Axe). [4] Much of the infrastructure survived after closure however, including the signal box , eastbound platform, goods shed and main station buildings.
They are named for Dr. Richard Beeching, then-chair of the British Railways Board and the author of two reports – The Reshaping of British Railways (1963) and The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes (1965) – that outlined the necessity [citation needed] of improving the efficiency of the railways and the plan for achieving this ...
Coryton railway station serves Coryton and Pantmawr in Cardiff, Wales. It is the terminus of the Coryton Line 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Cardiff Central via Cardiff Queen Street . Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales as part of the Valley Lines network.