Chester and Holyhead Railway

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June 1849 the tubes for one line of track were floated into position and raised by jacks; the process was completed for the four main tubes by 7 January 1850. On 5 March 1850, Stephenson drove a test train through the completed single-track span of the bridge, and on 18 March 1850 public passenger trains started running. The Chester and Holyhead main line was connected throughout.

77: 957:. The slate traffic increased, and the LNWR proposed a branch line to the quarry. The line opened on 1884 to passenger trains and 1885 to mineral trains, though it terminated at Bethesda, about a mile from the quarry. Gradients were steep, at 1 in 40. Road competition led to closure of the passenger service in 1951, and the mineral traffic ceased in 1963. 893:

had led to an intensive local industry, and on 29 July 1864 the Holywell Railway was authorised to make a short branch, upgrading an earlier Holywell Limestone Company tramway, which crossed the C&HR main line on the level. The new line would make a bridge crossing, and have gradients of 1 in 27.

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was authorised by an act of Parliament. At one time Llandudno, or rather Ormes Bay, had been considered as the departure harbour for Dublin, but as stated Holyhead had overtaken that. Tourism would, it was thought, support the branch. Originally it was intended to join the main line at Conway, facing

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At this period the Company found itself considerably overstretched financially, at a time when the money market was unfavourable to the raising of additional funds. The problem was severe, but was overcome when the London and North Western Railway agreed to take preference shares and contractors were

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It opened for mineral traffic in June 1867, but became disused and derelict some time in the following decade. The LNWR purchased it in 1891, but for the time being did nothing with it. In an inversion of the motivation elsewhere, the growth of passenger omnibus traffic encouraged the LNWR to reopen

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them. Activation of these clauses would allow running powers for competing companies, and the LNWR declined to enter into that, leaving the C&HR still in suspense. The C&HR decided to apply for powers to merge with any other company whatever, and this finally forced the LNWR's hand into full

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Nevertheless, it was only in the half-year ending 31 December 1854 that the company made a net profit, and this allowed a small dividend on the first preference shares only. The financial position of the company was one of continuing indebtedness, in fact dependency on the LNWR, and the LNWR decided

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Bradshaw's Guide for March 1850 shows a brisk passenger service on the line: passengers could leave Kingstown at 19:30 Dublin time (25 minutes earlier than GMT) and Holyhead at 01:35 by mail train; the time between Llanfair and Bangor was 35 minutes, although the traveller was not informed that this

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While the parliamentary attention had been on the Menai crossing, the Conwy bridge (at the time spelt Conway) was to be erected first. Stephenson took up temporary residence at the site from 12 February 1848. On 6 March, the tubes were floated into position ready for raising. By 18 April, Stephenson

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tension fracture of the beams, provoked by asymmetric loading by the deck timbers, a stress-raising feature in the profile of the beams, and relaxation of the tie bars, transferring nearly all the load to the cast beams alone. A painter had been working on a girder which cracked before the accident,

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respectively opened. They connected to the Grand Junction Railway, and a railway network was taking shape. A number of schemes to reach a North Wales port were put forward; the Menai would be crossed using Telford's Menai (road) bridge, hauling coaches and wagons across by ropes. When there was talk

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The former Chester and Holyhead main line continues as an important secondary main line. The connection with Irish ferry services at Holyhead has been retained, but has lost much of its former significance, but ordinary intercity and local passenger traffic is buoyant. There are (summer 2019) forty

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Many of the branch lines of the Holyhead main line were dependent on Victorian and Edwardian tourism, minerals or agriculture, and as these became better served by road transport, so the branches lost custom. Against the trend, Llandudno continues as a popular tourist centre, and the branch line to

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Full acquisition of the C&HR was now inevitable, but the C&HR needed to negotiate renewal of the steamer service and the mail contract. The contract would have onerous obligations and heavy penalties at a time when actual operation was dependent on the goodwill of the LNWR, and the C&HR

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After some experimentation, rectangular tubes (as opposed to circular or elliptical) were decided on, and a one-sixth scale model was tested to destruction. This gave Stephenson confidence in the concept, and auxiliary support chains earlier thought necessary were dispensed with. The erection would

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In January 1840, the commissioners were still considering the matter, and were given strong advice that Holyhead was the only suitable North Wales harbour, and that a line there from Chester was the best option. Nonetheless, the matter was still not settled, and railway use of Menai road bridge was

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The Amlwch branch closed to passengers in 1964, and completely in 1993. The Caernarfon line was closed to passengers in 1970, and completely after the temporary reopening, in 1972. The Bethesda line closed to passengers in 1951, but goods traffic continued until 1963. The Rhyl to Denbigh line lost

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The branch line to Caernarfon had been closed on 4 August 1969, but during the rail closure of the Britannia bridge, part of the former branch was reopened from 15 June 1970, to enable Irish container traffic to be loaded and unloaded from rail while Holyhead was inaccessible. The reopened section

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The Menai bridge was to have two main spans each with twin tubes (for double track), and the tubes were to be 406 feet in length. The central pier was to be 221 feet high. Work started at the site in July 1847, and by November 1848 fabrication of the main tubes was substantially completed. From 19

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ties in a composite structure. The weakness of cast iron in tension was well understood, and the ties were present to overcome that difficulty. The main beams were formed of three units bolted together end-to-end, and trussed by the wrought iron ties. The track was supported by oak decking timbers

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It was superseded by the Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway, which upgraded the line to a locomotive railway, opening in 1866. The WM&CQR ran to the Buckley Railway wharf at Connah's Quay, but also made a connection with the C&HR main line near there, and this proved more useful, for

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The LNWR offered at length an advance of £250,000 to finish the works and lease the railway. The arrangement was to last seven years, and the LNWR guaranteed 4% on the debentures. However the lease needed parliamentary authorisation, and the GWR made it clear it would demand running powers, which

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This seemed to be put right in the 1848 session, when an act of Parliament of 22 July 1848 authorised the use of steamboats, and also the increased capital to the extent of £250,000. The company had originally intended to operate its trains itself, but on reflection a working arrangement with the

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The directors had always assumed that they would be awarded the mail contract on the opening of the line, and that this would include operating the mail packet boat service. Towards the end of 1846, the company tried to start negotiation with the government and were curtly rebuffed. Moreover, the

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On 24 May 1847, one of the spans failed as a passenger train was crossing at 30 miles per hour (48 km/h). Six people were killed. The engine successfully crossed the bridge, but the progressive failure led to the bridge collapsing under the tender and following coaches. The probable cause is

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visited for the required inspection for passenger opening, on 19 and 20 April 1848. He inspected the line as far as the Conway, his colleague Captain J. L. A. Simmons inspected the line westward from there. The inspectors were informed that the line would be worked by the London and North Western

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The 1938 Bradshaw shows an extraordinary number of trains on the line: on summer Saturdays 78 long-distance trains passed Chester (not all making a call there) on to the line, together with 24 local or stopping trains. Most of the long-distance trains came from the north Midlands, Lancashire and

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and other private operators objected to the powers to run steamships sought by the company in the 1847 parliamentary session. The situation was exceedingly paradoxical, because the government was financing improvements to the Holyhead harbour, and to the company's steamers were using it, but the

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On the night of 23 May 1970, a fire took hold in the Britannia Bridge. The fire was very severe, and so intense that the main tubes buckled and were unusable. The line had to be closed at that point. A new bridge superstructure was designed, capable of carrying rail and road traffic on separate

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By the late nineteenth century, the original junction layout at Llandudno Junction was becoming impossibly cramped. The station was enlarged, and the junction of the Conway Valley line with the main line was moved east to accommodate that. The new arrangement was commissioned on 1 October 1897.

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The government once again dealt harshly with the company over the mail contract, requiring them to take over the Admiralty steamers (even though they knew the company had ordered their own). A sequence of threatened withdrawals of co-operation followed; at the same time the C&HR's financial

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Nevertheless the traffic on the... line has grown to enormous proportions, but for reasons very different from those foreseen in 1848. The growth of the seaside holiday resorts of Rhyl, Colwyn Bay, and of Llandudno, and later of many smaller places, stretching from Prestatyn in Flintshire to

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The approval excluded the crossing of the Menai while allowing the main sections to be started. The London and Birmingham Railway was permitted to subscribe £1 million of the authorised capital. After some hesitation, the L&BR took up the subscription, apparently motivated by the nascent

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to Holyhead was opened to public traffic on 1 August 1848. As the Menai crossing was not yet ready, passengers and goods were conveyed across by coach and carts respectively. The Holyhead station was more than a mile from the pier, and the line was extended to reach it much later, in 1851.

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joined the board and personally funded debenture payments that the C&HR was otherwise unable to meet. He was elected Chairman on 12 February 1851. Peto's impeccable record resulted in renewed confidence in the money markets, and preference shares were suddenly oversubscribed.

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still in the thinking. The prevarication, and suggestions of other routes, continued but in the 1844 session of Parliament a Chester and Holyhead Railway was proposed. On 4 July 1844 it obtained royal assent. The line was to be 85 miles long; authorised capital was £2.1 million.

41:. The company had relied on Government support in facilitating the ferry service, and this proved to be uncertain. The company opened its main line throughout in 1850. It relied on the co-operation of other railways to reach London, and in 1859 it was absorbed by the 326:, a shipbuilder and C&HR board member told Stephenson of the case of the launch of a steamship, the Prince of Wales. The launch went astray, and the ship ended up supported on ground at bow and stern, over a length of 180 feet, acting as a beam without distress. 229:

A significant financial issue was the government mail contract, and unsavoury horse trading took place with senior government representatives. Just before passage of the authorising bill, the directors responded to a government suggestion to operate the railway by

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From April 1850 work was started on the structure for the second track. The final lift of the last main tube took place on 16 August 1850. On 19 October 1850, trains started using the second track in the bridge, and the full public operation started on 21 August.

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was an early centre of leisure and holiday travel, and in the last decades of the nineteenth century, that traffic became increasingly important. In the twentieth century, the North Wales coast became a popular holiday destination, reached largely by rail travel.

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that the time had come to bring the matter to a head. The C&HR would be worked as part of the LNWR system, paying the C&HR shareholders 1% above its own working expenses rate after an initial period. The arrangement was to start on 1 July 1856.

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was an important commercial centre, with considerable mineral deposits. Businesspeople there sought a railway connection, and the Mold Railway was incorporated on 9 July 1847. It was to run from a junction near Saltney to Mold, with a branch line to

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the line to passenger traffic. LNWR acts of Parliament of 1906 and 1907 authorised this, and on 1 July 1912, the resurgent line opened, with a new curve connecting to the main line. The short line was a considerable success, but after

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was by road vehicle; the onward journey arrived at Chester at 04:40 and arrival in London was at 13:00. Three other services traversed the whole line, one on Sundays, and two to London and two only on the line respectively on Sundays.

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was an early railway company conceived to improve transmission of Government dispatches between London and Ireland, as well as ordinary railway objectives. Its construction was hugely expensive, chiefly due to the cost of building the

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In the 1845 session of Parliament, the company deposited plans for the crossing of the Menai. The geographical route was now clear enough, but the concept of the bridge design was not. Such a large span lent itself to the idea of a

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position deteriorated steeply, and the board seemed to be at loggerheads. In August 1849, the company were promised £100,000 by the LNWR, which was desperately needed, but the LNWR realised they had no powers to make such a loan.

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The container traffic at Holyhead has ceased, and passenger connections to the Irish ferries are much reduced, but the entire original main line is still in use for passenger traffic, together with the Llandudno branch and the

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The stagecoach transit from London to Holyhead had been 45 hours, and was now cut to 36 hours, and by 1832 to 28 hours. However, in 1838 there was through railway connection from London to Liverpool (over the

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Gardner made the observation that "Holyhead... has not developed as a port, and its activities are now confined to the traffic to and from Ireland. Even this has declined during the present century..."

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c. xxi) on 20 May 1851. The line was leased to the Chester and Holyhead Railway from the time of opening, the C&HR in turn being worked by the LNWR. Freight and passenger traffic between Bangor and

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determined the union of the two countries; this took effect on 1 January 1801. Prior to that time, the countries had been in personal union, having a shared sovereign but independent governments.

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Blaenau Ffestiniog has been retained as a passenger route, although the slate extraction business is nowadays insignificant. The WM&CQR connection too has long been removed (in 1954).

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There is no reference to rail freight on the Holyhead Port Authority website; the Freightliner terminal ceased operation in 1991. There is minimal freight activity on the entire route.

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A number of railway schemes were proposed to reach a harbour, many of them with major practical disadvantages. Late in 1836 a commission was appointed to determine the best route, and

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There were extensive mineral deposits at a number of locations south of the C&HR main line, and the C&HR and the LNWR encouraged the building of branch lines to serve them.

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its passenger service in 1955, and closed in 1961, and the Dyserth line closed to passengers in 1930, and completely in 1973. The Holywell line lost its passenger trains in 1954.

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In 1970, the Britannia Tubular Bridge suffered a serious fire, and the line was closed at that point until 1972 when a new structure at the same site was brought into use.

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Foryd; opened 20 April 1885; closed 2 July 1917; reopened 1 July 1919; closed 1931; reopened as Kinmel Bay 4 July 1938 for summer service only; closed 2 September 1939;

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In the parliamentary process, Stephenson was naturally challenged as to the feasibility of his tubular bridge, but succeeded in convincing sceptical members, and the

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near Chester was already in use. As it was in the section of route used by the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway, trains had been using it since November 1846. It used

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The branch opened on 1 October 1858. It was worked by the LNWR, and leased to that company in 1862, and vested in the LNWR by an act of Parliament of 28 July 1873.

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levels; it was a braced arch structure, using the original foundations. The crossing was reopened to rail traffic on 30 January 1972, and to road traffic in 1980.

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The LNWR took over the working of the line by an act of Parliament of 1863, and the company was amalgamated with the LNWR by an act of Parliament of 15 July 1867.

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The works on the line were always expected to be difficult, and progress was slow. In 1848, it was decided to open from Chester to Bangor. Captain Wynne of the

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to Dyserth by an act of Parliament of 16 July 1866. The line was known as the Prestatyn and Cwm Line, and was opened for goods traffic on 1 September 1869.

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Holyhead, but it was realised that the available space there prevented that, and the point of junction was placed east of the Conwy river, at what became

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became the Engineer to the commission. The preliminary findings of the commission were ambiguous and did not result in a clear proposal for a railway.

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was authorised on 23 July 1860, and opened to the public on 17 June 1863. In 1868, with the growth of tourism, the line was extended to Betws-y-Coed

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Although other routes to Ireland were used, (Liverpool in particular), Holyhead was now the obvious, and easiest, port of access. On the Irish side,

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decline intervened and it closed on 6 September 1954, except for a stub to Crescent Siding textile mills, which finally closed on 11 August 1957.

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The station design was modified to be a joint station to accommodate all the traffic. Authorisation of construction of the station was by the

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and Cwm Waterfalls were considered to be tourist attractions, and a steam railmotor service operated passenger services from 28 August 1905.

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At a half-yearly shareholders' meeting in March 1850, it was stated that the bridge had cost £674,000, three times Stephenson's estimate.

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c. cxxviii) on 13 July 1863. They had approached the LNWR to work their line, but had been rebuffed. A passenger service started from

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The line was extended to the Admiralty Pier at Holyhead on 20 May 1851, and a new general station was opened on 14 September 1851.

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The Buckley Railway – in fact a tramway – had conveyed mineral products to a wharf at Connah's quay on the River Dee, since 1862.

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as it existed in the 1950s shares much of the heritage of Telford's London to Holyhead route. Telford's road was completed from

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was an important market town, and a branch to it from the main line had been contemplated for some time. The LNWR promoted the

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and he actually measured a very large deflection of five and a half inches at the centre of the span when a train was passing.

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Holywell; opened 1 May 1848; renamed Holywell Junction 1912; closed 14 February 1966; divergence of Holywell branch 1912–1957;

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After the absorption of the Chester and Holyhead Railway by the LNWR in 1859, more branches connecting the line were built:

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amalgamation. This took effect on 1 January 1859. (The C&HR Company remained in existence until it was dissolved by the

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After some false starts, a branch railway into Anglesey was authorised: the Anglesey Central Railway was authorised by the

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was difficult because of the poor harbour facilities on both sides, and the road approach to the United Kingdom harbour at

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An Act for completing the Line of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, and for amending the Act relating to the said Railway.

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a mile east of Bangor. In 1879, the tramway was upgraded to allow steam locomotives to run on it, and was renamed the

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was commissioned to build an improved road between London and Holyhead, and also between Lancashire and Holyhead. The

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Contemporary spellings of place names are used; in many cases, these changed substantially in the twentieth century.

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Llanfair; opened 1 August 1848; closed 14 February 1966; reopened 29 May 1970; closed 31 January 1972; reopened as

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When the line was built, the dominant business was expected to be the Irish mail. Gardner, writing in 1938, said:

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c. xlv) on 23 June 1856. It was to run from a junction with the C&HR at Foryd Junction, not far from Rhyl, to

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Portmadoc on Cardigan Bay, has made the old Chester & Holyhead one of the busiest holiday lines in Britain.

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was able to drive a demonstration train over the bridge. Public traffic over the bridge started on 1 May 1848.

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The WM&CQR never transferred into LNWR ownership; it suffered terribly from lack of money, and it was the

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Mochdre & Pabo; opened 1 April 1889; closed 1 January 1917; reopened 5 May 1919; closed 5 January 1931;

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The Chester station was to be joint with the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway and the other railways: the

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Menai Bridge; opened 1 October 1858; closed 14 February 1966; convergence of Caernarvon line 1852–1972;

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on 3 June 1867. The final section may have been opened to goods traffic earlier, on 10 September 1866.

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Railway. (By Act of 16 July 1846 the London and Birmingham Railway, the Grand Junction Railway and the

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Lewis, Peter R.; Gagg, Colin (2004). "Aesthetics versus Function: the Fall of the Dee bridge, 1847".

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Merchant Fleets-Britain's Railway Steamers-Eastern & North Western Companies + zeeland and Stena

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Shotton; opened 1 April 1907; renamed Shotton Low Level 1924; closed 14 February 1966; reopened as

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had obtained parliamentary authority to build a line from a junction with the C&HR line at

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that acquired it, rescuing it from bankruptcy. The acquisition took effect on 1 January 1905.

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Gaerwen; opened January 1849; closed 14 February 1966; convergence of Amlwch line 1865–1993;

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was once again closed on 5 February 1972 when the rail connection to Holyhead was restored.

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of a second, railway, bridge, the poor state of the money market frightened off promoters.

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south of the city was used; it had been renamed Kingstown in 1821 in honour of a visit by

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c. cxxx) of 23 July 1858 allowed the financial support of the C&HR by the LNWR and

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There were important and extensive slate quarries in the Penrhyn Estate south of

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on 12 March 1865, worked by the LNWR, who had relented. The line was extended to

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Gardner, E.H.W. (September–October 1938). "The Chester & Holyhead Railway".

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At this time, the slate industry was expanding massively above Betws-y-Coed, at

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There had long been a necessity for convenient communication between London and

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Llandulas; opened 1 August 1862; renamed Llysfaen 1889; closed 5 January 1931;

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Harbour, north of Dublin had been used, but increasingly the small harbour at

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Domestic railways progressed, however, and in September and October 1840 the

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Colwyn; opened May 1884; renamed Old Colwyn 1885; closed 1 December 1952;

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Bagillt; opened January 1849; relocated 1871; closed 14 February 1966;

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LNWR seemed better, and agreement on this was reached in August 1847.

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Meik, H.H. (July–August 1919). "The Chester and Holyhead Railway".

4419: 3558: 1189: 792: 124: 100: 3548:(Joint station); sometimes known as Chester (General); still open. 3344:

Holyhead Admiralty Pier; opened 20 May 1851; closed 1 April 1925;

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daily passenger trains each way on some or all of the main line.

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Connah's Quay; opened 1 September 1870; closed 14 February 1966;

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Conway; opened 1 May 1848; closed 14 February 1966; reopened as

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The Chester and Holyhead Railway and connecting lines in 1922

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London and North-western Railway (Additional Powers) Act 1879

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An Historical Geography of the Railways of the British Isles

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The company commissioned four new ships to operate between

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Saltney Ferry; opened 1 January 1891; closed 30 April 1962;

3439:; opened October 1849; renamed Colwyn Bay 1876; still open; 496: 4744:

The Chester and Holyhead Railway: The main line up to 1880

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Britannia Bridge; opened July 1851; closed 1 October 1858;

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The Bangor and Carnarvon Railway was incorporated by the

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Queensferry; opened 1 May 1848; closed 14 February 1966;

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Bradshaw's Railway Times for Great Britain and Ireland

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Llandulas; opened 1 July 1889; closed 1 December 1952;

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A localised combination of high quality minerals near

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Civil Engineering Heritage: Wales and Western England

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commenced on 1 March and 10 March 1852 respectively.

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Talacre; opened 1 May 1903; closed 14 February 1966;

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in 1819, and across Anglesey in 1828, including the

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Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain

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A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain

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Sandycroft; opened 1 March 1884; closed 1 May 1961;

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Mostyn; opened 1 May 1848; closed 14 February 1966;

4746:. Vol. 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. 4620:"The History of the Britannia Bridge, North Wales" 4527: 3763: 3652:, purchased second hand in November 1856 from the 3640:, purchased second hand in November 1856 from the 3405:Aber; opened 1 May 1848; closed 12 September 1960; 5380:Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway 5008:. Boca Baton, Florida: Taylor and Francis Group. 4848:The Railways of Great Britain: A Historical Atlas 4719: 4695: 3463:; convergence of Vale of Clwyd Railway 1858–1968; 960: 5890: 4707: 3954: 2698: 2624: 2163: 1801: 1444: 1373: 1287: 1049: 746:The Vale of Clwyd Railway was authorised by the 5667:Portmadoc, Beddgelert and South Snowdon Railway 4803:(reprint ed.). Midhurst: Middleton Press. 5220:Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway 4947: 4822:. Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. 4593: 5672:Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway 5535:Central Wales and Carmarthen Junction Railway 5170:Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway 5038: 1064: 662:In the first half of the nineteenth century, 447:laid on the bottom flange of the main beams. 5622:Corris, Machynlleth and River Dovey Tramroad 523:company were forbidden from operating them. 71: 4782:The Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway 4611: 4245: 3689:Its name reverted to Dún Laoghaire in 1921. 3402:; convergence of Bethesda branch 1884–1953; 847:The line was acquired by the LNWR in 1876. 237: 5345:Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway 5325:Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway 5250:Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway 5115:Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway 5045: 5031: 4994: 4978:From Chester to Holyhead: the Branch Lines 4868:. Kibworth Beauchamp: Matador Publishers. 4104: 4044: 3742: 3579:. Commissioned in 1847. Broken up in 1897. 3553:Chester and Holyhead Railway Company Ships 1655: 1647: 1071: 1057: 5315:North Pembrokeshire and Fishguard Railway 5305:Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway 5275:Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway 4901: 4068: 3475:; divergence of Dyserth branch 1869–1930; 1637: 1629: 949:was constructed to convey the mineral to 861:There were lead and iron ore deposits at 513:Operating, the mail contract and steamers 487: 226:, which it feared might be a competitor. 5944:British companies disestablished in 1859 5919:Railway companies disestablished in 1859 5803:Gorseddau Junction and Portmadoc Railway 5135:Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway 5003: 4817: 4798: 4656:National Rail Public Timetable, table 81 4617: 4605: 4269: 3996: 3527:; convergence of Mold Railway 1849–1970; 2749: 1007: 999: 964: 920:interchange traffic, than was expected. 768: 547: 497:Britannia bridge and opening of the line 308: 80:The Chester and Holyhead Railway in 1850 75: 5601:Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway 5340:Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway 5290:Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company 4854: 4760: 4741: 4677: 4644: 4632: 4557: 4509: 4497: 4473: 4449: 4425: 4401: 4377: 4365: 4353: 4341: 4329: 4317: 4305: 4293: 4281: 4239: 4227: 4212: 4200: 4188: 4176: 4164: 4152: 4140: 4128: 4116: 4092: 4080: 4056: 4032: 4020: 4008: 3984: 3972: 3948: 3936: 3924: 3885: 3873: 3861: 3849: 3837: 3825: 3813: 3798: 3786: 3757: 3727: 3712: 912:Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway 906:Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway 277:Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Act 1847 5891: 5692:Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway 5165:Clarbeston Road and Letterston Railway 4980:. Hersham: Oxford Publishing Company. 4836: 3912: 3540:triangle junctions for Birkenhead line 1871: 1863: 1593: 1585: 1020: 840:on 1 February 1866, and throughout to 695:Bangor and Caernarvon Railway Act 1851 635:contractual arrangements, but did not 474: 5939:British companies established in 1844 5909:Railway companies established in 1844 5295:Narberth Road and Maenclochog Railway 5130:Bristol and South Wales Union Railway 5026: 4966: 4948:Middleton, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). 4863: 4701: 3900: 3164: 3156: 3146: 3138: 2878: 2870: 1012:Britannia Bridge after reconstruction 674: 623:Chester and Holyhead Railway Act 1858 580:Chester and Holyhead Railway Act 1858 543: 423: 404:Chester and Holyhead Railway Act 1845 336:Chester and Holyhead Railway Act 1845 5556:Brynmawr and Western Valleys Railway 5420:Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway 4999:. London: Thomas Telford Publishing. 4975: 4938: 4882: 4845: 4779: 4725: 4713: 4659: 4650: 4581: 4569: 4545: 4533: 4521: 4485: 4461: 4437: 4413: 4389: 3960: 1889: 1881: 682: 552:Bangor station, Gwynedd in the 1950s 313:The Britannia Bridge (George Childs) 188: 5687:Ruthin and Cerrig-y-Drudion Railway 5160:Carmarthenshire Railway or Tramroad 5080:Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway 3417:; opened November 1849; still open; 3368:; opened November 1848; still open; 3235: 3227: 3001:Whitchurch & Tattenhall Railway 2860: 2852: 709: 570:forbore to complete the agreement. 520:City of Dublin Steam Packet Company 298: 13: 5929:Standard gauge railways in England 5185:Denbigh, Ruthin and Corwen Railway 3424:; opened 29 June 1987; still open; 1033: 930: 878: 14: 5955: 5662:North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways 5657:Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway 5581:North Wales and Liverpool Railway 5500:Chester and Connah's Quay Railway 4904:Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 4820:Bradshaws July 1938 Railway Guide 3503:junction for WM&CQR 1862–1954 2447: 1576: 850: 822:Anglesey Central Railway Act 1863 764: 735: 534: 420:be performed by hydraulic jacks. 289:Manchester and Birmingham Railway 5924:Standard gauge railways in Wales 5904:London and North Western Railway 5823:Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway 5591:Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway 5566:Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway 5230:Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway 5210:Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway 5053:Historic Welsh railway companies 4850:. Shepperton: Ian Allan Limited. 3499:; opened 1 May 1848; still open; 3469:; opened 1 May 1848; still open; 3454:; opened 1 May 1848; still open; 3396:; opened 1 May 1848; still open; 3301: 3275: 3268: 3242: 3234: 3226: 3217: 3203: 3190: 3163: 3155: 3145: 3137: 3109: 3102: 3080: 3058: 3036: 3014: 2988: 2982: 2981: 2959: 2937: 2911: 2904: 2877: 2869: 2859: 2851: 2827: 2801: 2794: 2772: 2748: 2726: 2687: 2686: 2660: 2653: 2613: 2612: 2583: 2558: 2557: 2551: 2550: 2528: 2505: 2504: 2482: 2453: 2446: 2439: 2417: 2395: 2373: 2347: 2341: 2340: 2318: 2296: 2274: 2252: 2226: 2220: 2219: 2197: 2151: 2145: 2144: 2122: 2100: 2078: 2056: 2034: 2012: 1990: 1964: 1957: 1934: 1933: 1911: 1888: 1880: 1870: 1862: 1838: 1831: 1790: 1789: 1767: 1745: 1723: 1701: 1679: 1654: 1646: 1636: 1628: 1601: 1600: 1592: 1584: 1575: 1549: 1543: 1542: 1519: 1518: 1496: 1474: 1432: 1426: 1425: 1403: 1362: 1361: 1339: 1317: 1276: 1275: 1268: 1246: 1224: 1202: 1179: 1178: 1156: 1133: 1132: 1118: 1105: 1045: 809: 780: 598:Parliament of the United Kingdom 591: 354:Parliament of the United Kingdom 347: 293:London and North Western Railway 268:(opened 30 September 1841), the 212: 179:Liverpool and Manchester Railway 103:was long and difficult. In 1815 43:London and North Western Railway 5899:Early British railway companies 5682:Pwllheli and Llanbedrog Tramway 5586:Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway 5490:Central Wales Extension Railway 5475:Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway 5355:Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway 5310:Newtown and Machynlleth Railway 5190:Ely and Clydach Valleys Railway 5155:Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway 4735: 2795: 2773: 2152: 1433: 1269: 969:Llandudno Junction in the 1950s 791:In the mid-nineteenth-century, 720:On 20 August 1853, a branch to 459: 5530:Swansea and Carmarthen Railway 5470:Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway 5375:Shrewsbury and Chester Railway 5285:Monmouth and Hereford Railway 5265:Manchester and Milford Railway 5235:Llanidloes and Newtown Railway 5006:Design of Modern Steel Bridges 4995:Sivewright, W.J., ed. (1986). 4887:. Hereford: TCL Publications. 3683: 3411:; opened May 1860; still open; 3374:; opened May 1849; still open; 3276: 3243: 3103: 2989: 2905: 2802: 2727: 2661: 2654: 2454: 2440: 2348: 2227: 1958: 1550: 1449:Bangor & Carnarvon Railway 961:Llandudno Junction alterations 748:Vale of Clwyd Railway Act 1856 651: 266:Chester and Birkenhead Railway 259:Shrewsbury and Chester Railway 202:Chester and Birkenhead Railway 1: 5934:Early Welsh railway companies 5858:Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry tramways 5637:Festiniog and Blaenau Railway 5561:Nantybwch and Rhymney Railway 5440:Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway 5430:Whitland and Cardigan Railway 5240:Llangollen and Corwen Railway 4952:. Midhurst: Middleton Press. 4784:. Headington: Oakwood Press. 4689:The North Wales Coast Railway 4095:, pp. 112-119 & 296. 3696: 3302: 3269: 3218: 3110: 2912: 1965: 1839: 1106: 557:frightened the LNWR off. Now 171:London and Birmingham Railway 5914:Railway lines opened in 1850 5495:Chester and Holyhead Railway 5465:Bangor and Carnarvon Railway 5330:Oswestry and Newtown Railway 5200:Ely Valley Extension Railway 4428:, pp. 66–67, 72, 74–75. 3081: 3059: 3047:Beeston Castle and Tarporley 3037: 3015: 2960: 2938: 2600:(Mold Railway services only) 2584: 2529: 2483: 2418: 2374: 2319: 2297: 2275: 2123: 2079: 2057: 2035: 1991: 1746: 1680: 1475: 1404: 1318: 689:Bangor and Carnarvon Railway 648:c. cxlii) of 21 July 1879.) 493:paid in company debentures. 242:Work started on 1 May 1845. 30:Chester and Holyhead Railway 7: 5702:Swansea and Mumbles Railway 5677:Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway 5505:Conway and Llanrwst Railway 5320:North Wales Mineral Railway 5085:Alexandra Docks and Railway 4761:Baughan, Peter. E. (1980). 3659: 3191: 2828: 2396: 2253: 2198: 2101: 2013: 1912: 1832: 1768: 1724: 1702: 1497: 1340: 1247: 1225: 1203: 1157: 797:Conway and Llanrwst Railway 247:North Wales Mineral Railway 10: 5960: 5763:Crawshay's Private Railway 5738:Beaufort Ironworks Tramway 5606:Wrexham and Minera Railway 5405:Vale of Llangollen Railway 5395:Tanat Valley Light Railway 5335:Pembroke and Tenby Railway 5205:Gwendraeth Valleys Railway 5150:Cardiff and Ogmore Railway 5120:Brecon and Merthyr Railway 5095:Bala and Festiniog Railway 5004:Unsworth, John F. (2010). 4924:10.1179/030801804225012563 4837:Carter, Ernest F. (1959). 4799:Bradshaw, George (2012) . 4742:Baughan, Peter E. (1972). 4594:Middleton & Smith 2010 977: 945:, near Bangor. In 1801, a 934: 909: 882: 854: 813: 784: 739: 713: 686: 655: 573:United Kingdom legislation 463: 451:nowadays considered to be 427: 329:United Kingdom legislation 302: 22: 15: 5725: 5614: 5548: 5520:Red Wharf Bay branch line 5448: 5400:Vale of Glamorgan Railway 5370:Ross and Monmouth Railway 5255:Llynvi and Ogmore Railway 5090:Bala and Dolgelly Railway 5058: 4864:Grant, Donald J. (2017). 4818:Bradshaw, George (1969). 3654:Belfast Steamship Company 3642:Belfast Steamship Company 3310: 3295: 3284: 3262: 3251: 3211: 3199: 3184: 3173: 3129: 3118: 3096: 3089: 3074: 3067: 3052: 3045: 3030: 3023: 3008: 2997: 2975: 2968: 2953: 2946: 2931: 2920: 2898: 2887: 2843: 2836: 2821: 2810: 2788: 2781: 2766: 2757: 2742: 2735: 2720: 2695: 2680: 2669: 2647: 2621: 2606: 2577: 2566: 2544: 2537: 2522: 2513: 2498: 2491: 2476: 2462: 2433: 2426: 2411: 2404: 2389: 2382: 2367: 2356: 2334: 2327: 2312: 2305: 2290: 2283: 2268: 2261: 2246: 2235: 2213: 2206: 2191: 2160: 2138: 2131: 2116: 2109: 2094: 2087: 2072: 2065: 2050: 2043: 2028: 2021: 2006: 1999: 1984: 1973: 1951: 1942: 1927: 1920: 1905: 1898: 1854: 1847: 1825: 1798: 1783: 1776: 1761: 1754: 1739: 1732: 1717: 1710: 1695: 1688: 1673: 1664: 1620: 1609: 1569: 1558: 1536: 1527: 1512: 1505: 1490: 1483: 1468: 1441: 1419: 1412: 1397: 1370: 1355: 1348: 1333: 1326: 1311: 1284: 1262: 1255: 1240: 1233: 1218: 1211: 1196: 1187: 1172: 1165: 1150: 1141: 1126: 1114: 1099: 604: 590: 585: 578: 388: 383: 370: 360: 346: 341: 334: 270:Chester and Crewe Railway 206:Chester and Crewe Railway 134:The London route avoided 72:Communication with Dublin 5697:Snowdon Mountain Railway 5460:Anglesey Central Railway 5300:Neath and Brecon Railway 3676: 1292:Anglesey Central Railway 816:Anglesey Central Railway 238:Construction and opening 195:Charles Blacker Vignoles 35:Britannia Tubular Bridge 5415:Vale of Rheidol Railway 5180:Corwen and Bala Railway 5075:Aberdare Valley Railway 4967:Quick, Michael (2002). 4846:Cobb, Col M.H. (2002). 4671:Holyhead Port Authority 3606:. Commissioned in 1848. 3384:7 May 1973; still open; 2891:Chester–Warrington line 2673:Shrewsbury–Chester line 5848:Penrhyn Quarry Railway 5828:Merionethshire Railway 5717:Welsh Highland Railway 5480:Carnarvonshire Railway 5100:Barry Dock and Railway 4596:, caption to map XXXI. 2760:Shropshire Union Canal 2111:Abergele & Pensarn 1613:Penrhyn Quarry Railway 1013: 989: 970: 955:Penrhyn Quarry Railway 774: 553: 488:Financial difficulties 314: 175:Grand Junction Railway 81: 18:North Wales Coast Line 5873:Trefor Quarry railway 5753:Cedryn Quarry Tramway 5540:Vale of Clwyd Railway 5485:Central Wales Railway 5410:Vale of Neath Railway 4883:Haws, Duncan (1993). 4780:Boyd, J.I.C. (1991). 4524:, pp. 41, 43–44. 4253:"Historic Time Zones" 4069:Lewis & Gagg 2004 3177:Crewe–Manchester line 2168:Vale of Clwyd Railway 1080:North Wales Main Line 1011: 1000:Britannia bridge fire 984: 968: 925:Great Central Railway 772: 742:Vale of Clwyd Railway 716:Llandudno branch line 551: 312: 79: 5868:Saundersfoot Railway 5596:Vale of Towy Railway 5571:Taff Bargoed Railway 5425:West Midland Railway 3314:West Coast Main Line 3122:West Coast Main Line 2360:Holywell branch line 1806:Conwy Railway Bridge 1562:Bethesda branch line 947:narrow gauge tramway 937:Bethesda branch line 885:Holywell branch line 466:Conwy Railway Bridge 412:c. xxxiii) received 232:atmospheric traction 5798:Elan Valley Railway 5726:Industrial railways 5652:Kinmel Camp Railway 5642:Glyn Valley Tramway 5385:South Wales Railway 5350:Port Talbot Railway 4976:Rear, Bill (2003). 4916:2004ISRv...29..177L 4488:, pp. 205–206. 4452:, pp. 129–130. 4416:, pp. 117–118. 4392:, pp. 137–139. 4296:, pp. 159–160. 4215:, pp. 145–148. 4203:, pp. 144–145. 4083:, pp. 104–112. 3666:Holyhead Breakwater 2239:Dyserth branch line 1021:Branch line decline 857:Dyserth branch line 475:Opening on Anglesey 442:beams supported by 430:Dee Bridge disaster 291:merged to form the 253:, near Chester, to 224:South Wales Railway 5853:Penydarren Tramway 5813:Hendre-Ddu Tramway 5768:Crickheath Tramway 5632:Ffestiniog Railway 5627:Fairbourne Railway 5435:Wye Valley Railway 5195:Ely Valley Railway 5110:Blaenavon Tramroad 4959:978-1-906-008-87-1 4841:. London: Cassell. 4332:, p. 173-176. 3428:Llandudno Junction 3288:Welsh Marches line 2001:Mochdre & Pabo 1922:Llandudno Junction 1144:Stanley Embankment 1014: 971: 804:Blaenau Ffestiniog 775: 727:Llandudno Junction 675:Holyhead extension 554: 544:Financial problems 434:A bridge over the 424:Dee bridge failure 315: 121:Stanley Embankment 82: 66:Blaenau Ffestiniog 5886: 5885: 5808:Gorseddau Tramway 5733:Bailey's Tramroad 5615:Independent lines 5390:Taff Vale Railway 5280:Mid-Wales Railway 5225:Llancaiach Branch 5140:Cambrian Railways 5015:978-1-4200-8218-0 4950:Bala to Llandudno 4810:978-1-908174-13-0 4667:"Transport Links" 4635:, pp. 32–33. 4560:, pp. 54–55. 4512:, pp. 80–81. 4500:, pp. 79–80. 4476:, pp. 82–84. 4464:, pp. 83–84. 4440:, pp. 53–54. 4404:, pp. 27–29. 4380:, pp. 93–94. 4368:, pp. 50–51. 4167:, pp. 24–25. 4047:, pp. 11–12. 4023:, pp. 97–98. 4011:, pp. 93–97. 3951:, pp. 54–55. 3939:, pp. 49–52. 3876:, pp. 43–46. 3852:, pp. 35–37. 3840:, pp. 32–33. 3400:Bethesda Junction 3341: 3340: 3337: 3336: 2924:Mid-Cheshire line 2714: 2713: 2641: 2640: 2329:Holywell Junction 2185: 2184: 1977:Conwy Valley line 1819: 1818: 1462: 1461: 1391: 1390: 1305: 1304: 826:26 & 27 Vict. 787:Conwy Valley line 752:19 & 20 Vict. 699:14 & 15 Vict. 683:Caernarvon branch 646:42 & 43 Vict. 629:21 & 22 Vict. 617: 616: 611:21 & 22 Vict. 586:Act of Parliament 416:on 30 June 1845. 398: 397: 342:Act of Parliament 320:suspension bridge 189:Route to the port 62:Conwy Valley line 5951: 5878:Tremadoc Tramway 5863:Rhiwbach Tramway 5783:Dinorwic Railway 5748:Buckley Tramroad 5743:Bryn Oer Tramway 5707:Talyllyn Railway 5515:Llanelly Railway 5510:Knighton Railway 5450:London and North 5245:Llangurig branch 5125:Bridgend Railway 5070:Aberdare Railway 5047: 5040: 5033: 5024: 5023: 5019: 5000: 4991: 4972: 4963: 4944: 4941:Railway Magazine 4935: 4898: 4879: 4860: 4857:Railway Magazine 4851: 4842: 4833: 4814: 4795: 4776: 4757: 4729: 4723: 4717: 4711: 4705: 4699: 4693: 4692: 4681: 4675: 4674: 4663: 4657: 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3304: 3279: 3278: 3272: 3271: 3255:Crewe–Derby line 3246: 3245: 3238: 3237: 3230: 3229: 3221: 3220: 3207: 3194: 3193: 3167: 3166: 3159: 3158: 3149: 3148: 3141: 3140: 3113: 3112: 3106: 3105: 3084: 3083: 3062: 3061: 3040: 3039: 3018: 3017: 2992: 2991: 2985: 2984: 2963: 2962: 2941: 2940: 2915: 2914: 2908: 2907: 2881: 2880: 2873: 2872: 2863: 2862: 2855: 2854: 2831: 2830: 2805: 2804: 2798: 2797: 2783:Northgate Tunnel 2776: 2775: 2752: 2751: 2730: 2729: 2699: 2690: 2689: 2664: 2663: 2657: 2656: 2625: 2616: 2615: 2587: 2586: 2561: 2560: 2554: 2553: 2532: 2531: 2508: 2507: 2486: 2485: 2469:Borderlands line 2457: 2456: 2450: 2449: 2443: 2442: 2421: 2420: 2399: 2398: 2377: 2376: 2351: 2350: 2344: 2343: 2322: 2321: 2300: 2299: 2278: 2277: 2256: 2255: 2230: 2229: 2223: 2222: 2201: 2200: 2164: 2155: 2154: 2148: 2147: 2126: 2125: 2104: 2103: 2082: 2081: 2060: 2059: 2038: 2037: 2016: 2015: 1994: 1993: 1968: 1967: 1961: 1960: 1937: 1936: 1915: 1914: 1892: 1891: 1884: 1883: 1874: 1873: 1866: 1865: 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Tramway 5145:Cardiff Railway 5061: 5054: 5051: 5016: 4988: 4960: 4895: 4876: 4875:978-1785893-537 4830: 4811: 4792: 4773: 4754: 4738: 4733: 4732: 4724: 4720: 4712: 4708: 4700: 4696: 4683: 4682: 4678: 4665: 4664: 4660: 4655: 4651: 4643: 4639: 4631: 4627: 4616: 4612: 4604: 4600: 4592: 4588: 4580: 4576: 4568: 4564: 4556: 4552: 4544: 4540: 4532: 4528: 4520: 4516: 4508: 4504: 4496: 4492: 4484: 4480: 4472: 4468: 4460: 4456: 4448: 4444: 4436: 4432: 4424: 4420: 4412: 4408: 4400: 4396: 4388: 4384: 4376: 4372: 4364: 4360: 4352: 4348: 4340: 4336: 4328: 4324: 4316: 4312: 4304: 4300: 4292: 4288: 4280: 4276: 4268: 4264: 4251: 4250: 4246: 4238: 4234: 4226: 4219: 4211: 4207: 4199: 4195: 4187: 4183: 4175: 4171: 4163: 4159: 4151: 4147: 4139: 4135: 4127: 4123: 4115: 4111: 4105:Sivewright 1986 4103: 4099: 4091: 4087: 4079: 4075: 4067: 4063: 4055: 4051: 4045:Sivewright 1986 4043: 4039: 4031: 4027: 4019: 4015: 4007: 4003: 3995: 3991: 3983: 3979: 3971: 3967: 3959: 3955: 3947: 3943: 3935: 3931: 3923: 3919: 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5760: 5758:Cowlyd Tramway 5755: 5750: 5745: 5740: 5735: 5729: 5727: 5723: 5722: 5720: 5719: 5714: 5709: 5704: 5699: 5694: 5689: 5684: 5679: 5674: 5669: 5664: 5659: 5654: 5649: 5644: 5639: 5634: 5629: 5624: 5618: 5616: 5612: 5611: 5609: 5608: 5603: 5598: 5593: 5588: 5583: 5578: 5573: 5568: 5563: 5558: 5552: 5550: 5546: 5545: 5543: 5542: 5537: 5532: 5527: 5522: 5517: 5512: 5507: 5502: 5497: 5492: 5487: 5482: 5477: 5472: 5467: 5462: 5456: 5454: 5446: 5445: 5443: 5442: 5437: 5432: 5427: 5422: 5417: 5412: 5407: 5402: 5397: 5392: 5387: 5382: 5377: 5372: 5367: 5365:Rumney Railway 5362: 5357: 5352: 5347: 5342: 5337: 5332: 5327: 5322: 5317: 5312: 5307: 5302: 5297: 5292: 5287: 5282: 5277: 5272: 5267: 5262: 5257: 5252: 5247: 5242: 5237: 5232: 5227: 5222: 5217: 5212: 5207: 5202: 5197: 5192: 5187: 5182: 5177: 5175:Corris Railway 5172: 5167: 5162: 5157: 5152: 5147: 5142: 5137: 5132: 5127: 5122: 5117: 5112: 5107: 5102: 5097: 5092: 5087: 5082: 5077: 5072: 5066: 5064: 5056: 5055: 5050: 5049: 5042: 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4829:0-7153-4686-5 4825: 4821: 4816: 4812: 4806: 4802: 4797: 4793: 4791:0-85361-417-2 4787: 4783: 4778: 4774: 4772:0-7153-7850-3 4768: 4764: 4759: 4755: 4753:0-7153-5617-8 4749: 4745: 4740: 4739: 4727: 4722: 4715: 4710: 4703: 4698: 4690: 4686: 4680: 4672: 4668: 4662: 4653: 4646: 4641: 4634: 4629: 4621: 4614: 4607: 4606:Bradshaw 1969 4602: 4595: 4590: 4583: 4578: 4571: 4566: 4559: 4554: 4547: 4542: 4536:, p. 70. 4535: 4530: 4523: 4518: 4511: 4506: 4499: 4494: 4487: 4482: 4475: 4470: 4463: 4458: 4451: 4446: 4439: 4434: 4427: 4422: 4415: 4410: 4403: 4398: 4391: 4386: 4379: 4374: 4367: 4362: 4356:, p. 25. 4355: 4350: 4343: 4338: 4331: 4326: 4319: 4314: 4307: 4302: 4295: 4290: 4283: 4278: 4272:, p. 44. 4271: 4270:Bradshaw 2012 4266: 4258: 4257:Time and Date 4254: 4248: 4241: 4236: 4229: 4224: 4222: 4214: 4209: 4202: 4197: 4190: 4185: 4178: 4173: 4166: 4161: 4154: 4149: 4142: 4137: 4130: 4125: 4118: 4113: 4107:, p. 13. 4106: 4101: 4094: 4089: 4082: 4077: 4070: 4065: 4058: 4053: 4046: 4041: 4034: 4029: 4022: 4017: 4010: 4005: 3999:, p. 10. 3998: 3997:Unsworth 2010 3993: 3987:, p. 22. 3986: 3981: 3975:, p. 82. 3974: 3969: 3962: 3957: 3950: 3945: 3938: 3933: 3927:, p. 46. 3926: 3921: 3915:, p. 83. 3914: 3909: 3902: 3897: 3895: 3888:, p. 20. 3887: 3882: 3875: 3870: 3864:, p. 38. 3863: 3858: 3851: 3846: 3839: 3834: 3828:, p. 29. 3827: 3822: 3816:, p. 26. 3815: 3810: 3808: 3801:, p. 25. 3800: 3795: 3788: 3783: 3781: 3779: 3777: 3775: 3773: 3771: 3769: 3767: 3760:, p. 22. 3759: 3754: 3752: 3744: 3739: 3737: 3730:, p. 19. 3729: 3724: 3722: 3715:, p. 16. 3714: 3709: 3707: 3702: 3686: 3682: 3672: 3669: 3667: 3664: 3663: 3655: 3651: 3650: 3645: 3643: 3639: 3638: 3633: 3630: 3626: 3623: 3622: 3617: 3614: 3613: 3608: 3605: 3604: 3599: 3596: 3595: 3590: 3587: 3586: 3581: 3578: 3577: 3572: 3571: 3570: 3568: 3564: 3563:Dún Laoghaire 3560: 3547: 3544: 3541: 3538: 3535: 3532: 3529: 3526: 3525:Mold Junction 3523: 3520: 3517: 3514: 3510: 3507: 3504: 3501: 3498: 3495: 3492: 3489: 3486: 3483: 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1972 4208: 4201:Baughan 1972 4196: 4189:Baughan 1972 4184: 4177:Baughan 1972 4172: 4165:Baughan 1980 4160: 4153:Baughan 1972 4148: 4141:Baughan 1972 4136: 4129:Baughan 1972 4124: 4117:Baughan 1972 4112: 4100: 4093:Baughan 1972 4088: 4081:Baughan 1972 4076: 4064: 4057:Baughan 1972 4052: 4040: 4033:Baughan 1972 4028: 4021:Baughan 1972 4016: 4009:Baughan 1972 4004: 3992: 3985:Baughan 1980 3980: 3973:Baughan 1972 3968: 3956: 3949:Baughan 1972 3944: 3937:Baughan 1972 3932: 3925:Baughan 1972 3920: 3908: 3886:Baughan 1980 3881: 3874:Baughan 1972 3869: 3862:Baughan 1972 3857: 3850:Baughan 1972 3845: 3838:Baughan 1972 3833: 3826:Baughan 1972 3821: 3814:Baughan 1972 3799:Baughan 1972 3794: 3787:Gardner 1938 3758:Baughan 1972 3728:Baughan 1980 3713:Baughan 1972 3685: 3648: 3636: 3628: 3620: 3611: 3602: 3593: 3584: 3575: 3556: 3545: 3539: 3533: 3524: 3512: 3502: 3496: 3478: 3472: 3466: 3460: 3451: 3436: 3427: 3421: 3414: 3408: 3399: 3393: 3382:Llanfairpwll 3381: 3371: 3365: 3359: 3353: 3347: 3312: 3286: 3253: 3175: 3120: 2999: 2922: 2889: 2812: 2671: 2599: 2570:Mold Railway 2568: 2467: 2358: 2237: 1975: 1756:Conway Marsh 1667:Port Penrhyn 1611: 1560: 1485:Menai Bridge 1386:Menai Strait 1350:Llanfairpwll 1041: 1037: 1028: 1024: 1015: 1003: 994: 990: 985: 981: 972: 951:Port Penrhyn 940: 922: 918: 915: 900:World War II 896: 888: 871: 860: 846: 819: 801: 790: 776: 760: 745: 731: 719: 692: 678: 661: 658:Mold Railway 636: 632: 620: 618: 568: 564: 555: 538: 529: 525: 516: 507: 504: 500: 491: 478: 469: 460:Conwy bridge 449: 444:wrought iron 433: 418: 414:royal assent 401: 399: 394:30 June 1845 390:Royal assent 316: 281: 274: 263: 244: 241: 228: 220: 216: 199: 192: 167: 152: 148:Menai Strait 144:Betws-y-Coed 133: 90: 83: 58: 55: 47: 39:Menai Strait 29: 27: 25: 5712:Van Railway 5647:Hay Railway 5549:Joint lines 3913:Carter 1959 3415:Penmaenmawr 2814:Wirral line 2493:Queensferry 1814:River Conwy 1734:Penmaenmawr 992:Yorkshire. 652:Mold branch 559:Samuel Peto 140:River Conwy 129:Holy Island 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481:Llanfair 372:Citation 204:and the 125:Anglesey 101:Holyhead 5062:Railway 4912:Bibcode 3603:Cambria 3546:Chester 3513:Shotton 2838:Chester 2636:England 2464:Shotton 2384:Bagillt 2285:Talacre 2176:Denbigh 1900:Deganwy 1328:Gaerwen 978:Traffic 863:Dyserth 830:Gaerwen 756:Denbigh 637:require 633:enabled 613:c. cxxx 453:fatigue 251:Saltney 109:A5 road 5012: 4984: 4956: 4930: 4891: 4872: 4826: 4807: 4788: 4769: 4750: 3594:Anglia 3585:Scotia 3567:Dublin 3437:Colwyn 3394:Bangor 3354:Valley 2307:Mostyn 2180:Corwen 2178:& 1507:Bangor 1300:Amlwch 1167:Valley 1089:Legend 842:Amlwch 669:Ffrith 255:Ruabon 173:, the 136:Conway 117:Bangor 93:Dublin 4928:S2CID 3677:Notes 3629:Queen 3612:Ocean 3497:Flint 3422:Conwy 3201:Crewe 2715: 2707:over 2697: 2642: 2629:Wales 2623: 2406:Flint 2186: 2162: 2133:Foryd 1820: 1812:over 1800: 1778:Conwy 1463: 1443: 1392: 1384:over 1372: 1306: 1286: 384:Dates 155:Howth 123:from 5010:ISBN 4982:ISBN 4954:ISBN 4889:ISBN 4870:ISBN 4824:ISBN 4805:ISBN 4786:ISBN 4767:ISBN 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