Porthgain harbour in 2005, showing the pier that was the terminus of the Porthgain railway
Overview
Headquarters
Porthgain
Locale
Pembrokeshire, Wales
Dates of operation
lates 1880s–1931
Successor
Abandoned
Technical
Track gauge
3 ft (914 mm)
Length
625 yards (572 m)
The Porthgain Railway was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge industrial railway connecting the Pen Clegyr and St. Bride's quarries with Porthgain harbour. It operated from the late 1880s until 1931.
The line of the track can still be traced as a levelled strip on the clifftop, adjacent to the path to Porthgain harbour.
180 The PorthgainRailway was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge industrial railway connecting the Pen Clegyr and St. Bride's quarries with Porthgain harbour...
Trwynllwyd and Porthgain quarry works itself. Abereiddi and the quarries to the South were linked by a tramway, the PorthgainRailway. Water-powered mills...
(914 mm) narrow-gauge railways in the United Kingdom. The worldwide usage of locomotives on railways, including 3 ft (914 mm) gauge railways, has its origins...
months to research. A 15 in (381 mm) gauge narrow gauge railway operates on site at Oakwood. The railway, which is well established, is not listed amongst the...
session. This was the first public act of the reign of King Edward VII. Railway and Canal Traffic Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 25) Start of session Volume...
ISBN 978-0-313-02744-4. Oman, Charles (1926). Castles. London: The Great Western Railway. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cilgerran Castle. Cilgerran Castle...
Pembroke and Pembroke Dock, and the surrounding area including Lamphey railway station on the Pembroke Dock branch of the West Wales Line operated by...
coracle races. Kilgerran Halt was a stop on the former Whitland and Cardigan Railway. There are a number of listed buildings, including the parish church. Nearby...
"Western Welsh" livery), Transport for Wales Rail and sometimes Great Western Railway respectively, and many villages by local bus services, or community or...
narrow-gauge railway also transported coal to Saundersfoot Harbour via Coppet Hall. The line was permanently closed in 1939. The old railway through Wisemans...
The total ward population taken at the 2011 Census was 1,671. Lamphey railway station on the Pembroke Dock branch of the West Wales Line is operated...
Newspaper Archive. Oman, Charles (1926). Castles. London: The Great Western Railway. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Llawhaden Castle. 51°49′19″N 4°47′53″W...
Bexhill Promenade and Landing Pier Order 1896 Herne Bay Pier Order 1896 Porthgain Harbour Order 1896 Stonehaven Harbour Order 1896 Studland Pier Order...
It is popular with many walkers who are walking along the coast past Porthgain, Abereiddi and Abercastle. The large pebble bank of the bay was created...
Dorset. Carolina Denmark The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Porthgain, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin...
costs when the case went to court the following year. During the war the railway at Glan Syfynwy, near Rosebush, was used for bombing practice by the RAF...
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