South Wales Railway

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The South Wales Railway was a 19th-century railway company that built and operated the main line linking Gloucester and later London with key industrial and port cities across South Wales.

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South Wales Railway canonical 8
South Wales Railway Company 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railway company
railway company
connectedTo Cardiff
Fishguard
Gloucester
London
linked to: London, England

Milford Haven
Newport
Swansea
country United Kingdom
headquartersLocation South Wales
historicalEra 19th century
industry rail transport
linkedIndustrialArea South Wales coalfield
South Wales ironworks
linkedWith Great Western Railway network
locatedIn England
Wales
mainLineDirection east–west
mergedInto Great Western Railway
openedForTraffic 1850
openedSection Chepstow to Gloucester
Swansea to Chepstow
operatedBy Great Western Railway
primaryTraffic coal
general freight
iron
passengers
purpose to link South Wales industrial and port cities with England
railGauge standard gauge
servedPort Cardiff Docks
linked to: Port of Cardiff

Fishguard Harbour
linked to: Fishguard

Milford Haven Port
linked to: Milford Haven

Newport Docks
Swansea Docks
linked to: Port of Swansea
servedRegion Gloucestershire
Monmouthshire
South Wales
startPoint Gloucester
successor Great Western Railway
terminus Fishguard
Milford Haven
Swansea
trackOwnerOf main line from Gloucester to South Wales ports
transportedCommodity South Wales coalfield output
iron and steel products
usedStructure Chepstow Railway Bridge
Landore Viaduct
Newport railway bridge over River Usk

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Cardiff Central railway station openedBy South Wales Railway
Bridgend railway station originalOperator South Wales Railway
Swansea railway station originallyOpenedBy South Wales Railway
Chepstow railway station openedBy South Wales Railway
Chepstow Railway Bridge partOfLine South Wales Railway
Chepstow Railway Bridge railwayCompanyAtOpening South Wales Railway Company
linked to: South Wales Railway
Lydney railway station originalOperator South Wales Railway