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Author : John Hodge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781874103769
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)
Download or read book The South Wales Main Line written by John Hodge and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stanley C. Jenkins
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445641380
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book The Great Western Railway Volume Six South Wales Main Line written by Stanley C. Jenkins and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the GWR South Wales Main Line has changed and developed over the last century.
Author : P D Rendall
Publisher : Crowood
ISBN 13 : 1847977081
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (479 download)
Download or read book South Wales Direct Line written by P D Rendall and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2014-05-31 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of Great Western Railway's direct line from London to South Wales, from the early 1900s onwards. With a focus on those who worked the line, South Wales Direct Line - History and Working includes the 'Badminton' line route, and all the stations and junctions between Patchway and the Severn Tunnel - an ideal resource for anybody with an interest in this important British railway. Topics covered include how the line developed, from the opening of the London-Bristol line in 1841 to the building of Brunel's Severn Tunnel; duties of those who staffed the stations, signal boxes and goods yards; the upgrade of 1975: how the South Wales Direct Line became the first dedicated high-speed (125mph) rail line and finally the future of the line: upgrading to high-speed electric trains in 2017. Route and station maps are included as well as hundreds of colour and black & white photographs. Superbly illustrated with 209 colour and black & white photographs.
Author : Kevin Redwood
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445695820
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book South Wales Railways in the 1980s written by Kevin Redwood and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2020-03-15 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The South Wales Division was one of the three operating divisions of the Western Region. Explore the South Wales Railways in the 1980s with previously unpublished photographs.
Author : Harold Morgan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book South Wales Branch Lines written by Harold Morgan and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Hodge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781874103585
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)
Download or read book The South Wales Main Line written by John Hodge and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brian Reading
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1398100013
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (981 download)
Download or read book Wales and Western Region Railways written by Brian Reading and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With stunning previously unpublished photographs documenting the end of steam railways of the G.W.R.
Author : John Hodge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780953877133
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (771 download)
Download or read book The South Wales Main Line written by John Hodge and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter J. Green
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 139908657X
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Railways in South Wales and the Central Wales Line in the Late 20th Century written by Peter J. Green and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2022-12-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1980s, I began to visit South Wales on a regular basis to photograph the railway scene. At that time, the collieries and steelworks were generating a lot of rail traffic with Class 37 diesels being the usual motive power. Passenger trains were in the hands of Class 47s and 37s, while 'Peaks' and Class 50s would also appear on occasion. HSTs, DMUs, Sprinters and Pacers were, of course, also common. As time went on, collieries closed and the coal traffic reduced, but there always something new and interesting. Rugby Internationals at Cardiff regularly produced a number of special trains which arrived from various parts of the country, often bringing interesting motive power to the Welsh capital. The Class 37s were slowly replaced by Class 56s, and later Class 60s, on many duties in South Wales, but the Rhymney Valley saw Class 37 diesels working passenger trains into the twenty-first century, and on Rugby International days, privately-owned Class 50s were also used on occasion. I also visited the Central Wales line a number of times and particularly enjoyed the time I spent at the small country stations, before the semaphore signals were replaced. This book contains a selection of photographs taken in the latter part of the 20th and in the very early 21st Century, covering the railways of South Wales and the Welsh section of the Central Wales line. A few photographs of the principal heritage railways in more recent times are also included.
Author : Tom Ferris
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 191373319X
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (137 download)
Download or read book Lost Lines written by Tom Ferris and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2020-07-05 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vale of Neath line connected Pontypool Road to Neath and Swansea and included a branch to Merthyr. Promoted by two different companies using originally two different track gauges, it was built primarily to transport the abundant supplies of coal in the districts it served. The line featured severe gradients and perhaps the most magnificent structure built in Wales during the railway age, the Crumlin viaduct, which carried its tracks 200 feet above the Ebbw Valley.
Author : Stuart Davies
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1526776049
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book South Wales Railways Gallery written by Stuart Davies and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2022-12-29 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At its peak, the South Wales railway network was one of the most complex in the world. Its primary purpose was to transport Coal from source to point of consumption or export via the various docks. To this was added the other raw materials necessary for making Iron and ultimately Steel, together with the respective products of that industry. True, there was no glory in this day to day phenomenon and as a consequence, the area has been poorly represented in the annals of the British railway network. Even that paragon of railway publicity the Great Western, found easier plums to pick elsewhere on its system. However, in addition to the GW, the area was a magnet for the London & North Western, the Midland Railway and not to be forgotten, the 15 indigenous companies. Yet, in terms of traffic, engineering enterprise, operating practices and locomotive types, the area boasted an unequaled variety which this book attempts to reflect. Many of the photographs have not been published before and capture an essence of the variety to be found. The captions contain extensive details to supplement the photographic record enabling a more comprehensive appreciation and understanding of what was involved. It is difficult to appreciate the railway was once a “Common Carrier” obliged to convey any consignment offered. Even though Coal was predominant other traffic, including the more unusual, are also featured; Although of secondary importance in regard to revenue, Passenger services were carefully dovetailed into the intensive freight operation and matched any other location’s provision. After the 1923 Grouping, the GW became the major player in South Wales. It absorbed all 15 of the independent companies and further extended its policy of standardization. Nevertheless, where the smaller companies demonstrated good practices, these were embraced. The L&NW and MR elements became LMSR but still remained far flung tentacles from the parent. All this is recognized here albeit in proportion. The Gallery aims to provide a flavor of what the railways of South Wales had to offer and enlighten the reader as to its major part in the national network.
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Welsh Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215544537
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (445 download)
Download or read book Cross-border provision of public services for Wales written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Welsh Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-03-11 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working practices between the UK and Welsh Assembly governments in relation to cross-border policies appear much improved since the Committee's earlier reports on this subject. But a number of outstanding issues remain in transport, health and further and higher education. On transport the Committee welcomes the planned electrification of the Great Western Main Line. However, the Department for Transport appears to have washed its hands of any strategic responsibility for cross-border roads. The A483 is the clearest example of a road vital for travel within Wales but which is not important to the English region in which it is located, and as a result loses out on funding. The Committee stresses the need for comparative data on which to build solid research comparing NHS performance in the devolved nations. More needs to be done to raise public awareness of the differences in services people can expect to receive on both sides of the border. Transparency of information is vital. Research proposals in the UK Government's Higher Ambitions strategy for higher education make no reference to nations other than England, despite the UK-wide research remit of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The Committee calls for details about how research funding proposals apply to all four nations.
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Welsh Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215054616
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (546 download)
Download or read book Crossing the Border written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Welsh Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-03-06 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Problems with key M4 transport route continue to risk damage to Welsh economy. The route has suffered from under-investment and congestion for too long. The UK and Welsh Governments must work together to find attainable, funded solutions to these problems. The Committee also says the high toll on the Severn Crossing is still hampering the development of businesses in Wales and deterring inward investment to Wales and the UK Government should bring forward proposals for reducing it. The Committee also welcomes the new investment in cross-border rail links into Wales but the exclusion of South Wales from the HS2 proposals means businesses and people may relocate eastwards across the border. The development of a high speed rail link from Wales to England would be an important boost to the Welsh economy and help to achieve the aim of successive Governments of rebalancing the UK economy. There are good examples of joint working between the two governments to secure improvements to strategic cross-border routes, and especially welcome is the almost £2 billion of rail investment on the electrification of the Great Western Main Line and a proposed new rail link to Heathrow Airport. But the Committee says it is unclear why the Welsh Government should be entitled to a "Barnett" consequential payment in respect of the Crossrail project but not HS2. It also notes that rail connectivity between North and Mid Wales and England has been overlooked for too long and calls for more frequent rail connections from Mid Wales to England.
Author : LES. LUMSDON
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781908748577
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (485 download)
Download or read book The Heart of Wales Line Trail written by LES. LUMSDON and published by . This book was released on 2019-03 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wonderful, long-distance walk weaving its way between stations on one of Britain's most scenic railways - the Heart of Wales Line. The route, from Craven Arts to Llanelli, is 227km (141 miles).
Author : Paul D Shannon
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1399089919
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Branch Line Britain written by Paul D Shannon and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2023-12-30 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines in words and pictures the network of British branch lines and other secondary routes that survived the mass closures of the 1960s. While nearly 4,000 route miles were lost between 1963 and 1970, the cuts were less severe than they might have been. Some lines were reprieved because of their social importance, even though they would never pay their way in purely commercial terms. They included some lengthy rural routes, such as those serving the Far North of Scotland, Central Wales and the Cumbrian Coast, as well as some urban backwaters such as Romford to Upminster and the St Albans Abbey branch. As the 1970s progressed, closures became scarce, but cost-cutting measures included the singling of some lines as well as scaled-down stations and simplified signalling. Yet even today, some pockets of traditional operation survive. Mechanical signal boxes still control many hundreds of miles across the network, in areas as diverse as West Cornwall, East Lincolnshire and South West Scotland. This book also celebrates several reopened and new lines, ranging from the major Borders Railway project in Scotland to the Stansted Airport and Barking Riverside branches in South East England - making the point that the branch line concept is far from dead.
Author : James mcFee
Publisher : Soffer Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book City Maps Cardiff United Kingdom written by James mcFee and published by Soffer Publishing. This book was released on with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: City Maps Cardiff United Kingdom is an easy to use small pocket book filled with all you need for your stay in the big city. Attractions, pubs, bars, restaurants, museums, convenience stores, clothing stores, shopping centers, marketplaces, police, emergency facilities are only some of the places you will find in this map. This collection of maps is up to date with the latest developments of the city as of 2017. We hope you let this map be part of yet another fun Cardiff adventure :)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1032 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Railway News, Finance and Joint-stock Companies' Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
