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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: Carries the A48 road. Chepstow Railway Bridge: II: Chepstow: Built in 1852 as part of the South Wales Railway. It also brought the closed Wye Valley Railway into Chepstow station. It now carries the Gloucester to Newport Line. M48 Wye Bridge
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 ...
Motorway crossings over the River Severn Prince of Wales Bridge (M4 motorway) Severn Bridge (M48 motorway) Queenhill Viaduct (M50 motorway) This is a list of crossings of the River Severn in Great Britain (including bridges, tunnels, ferries and fords), in order from source to mouth. The Severn has historically been a very important and busy river, and has been bridged throughout history. The ...
The Wye Valley Railway was a standard gauge railway that ran for nearly 15 miles (24 km) along the Lower Wye Valley between the towns of Chepstow and Monmouth, crossing several times between Wales and England. Opened on 1 November 1876, it was leased to, and worked by, the Great Western Railway (GWR), before being fully absorbed by the GWR in 1905.
Chepstow Railway Bridge, crossing the River Wye between England and Wales; Goole railway swing bridge, crossing the River Ouse near Goole; Great Northern Railway Bridge Number 184, crossing the River Nene in Peterborough; Lipwood Railway Bridge, crossing the South Tyne near Lipwood, Northumberland
This was about a mile from Chepstow railway station, [i] at the road bridge close to the future junction of the Wye Valley line [1] (which opened in November 1876). [2] It was opened on 19 September 1851 and served as a temporary station while the Chepstow railway bridge was being constructed across the river to link up with the rest of the ...
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.