The Sirhowy Tramroad was a plateway built to convey the products of ironworks at Tredegar to Newport, South Wales. It opened in 1805 between Tredegar and Nine Mile Point, a location west of Risca, from where the Monmouthshire Canal Company operated a tramroad to Newport. The Sirhowy Tramroad was operated at first by horse traction, but early locomotives were used, and a passenger service was operated.
In 1860 the Sirhowy Railway was incorporated to modernise the tramroad; it followed a similar alignment but with several modifications, and opened in 1863, between Tredegar and Nine Mile Point. A short extension northward to Nantybwch, joining the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway, was opened shortly afterwards. The Sirhowy Railway was acquired by the London and North Western Railway, for which it formed a useful route to access Newport Docks.
The dominant traffic on the line was minerals: at first iron ore and later coal; the Great Western Railway used the lower part of the line for the trunk haulage of coal from Aberdare.
With the decline of the traditional mineral industries and the loss of local general traffic, the line closed in 1960.
Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway, was opened shortly afterwards. The SirhowyRailway was acquired by the London and North Western Railway, for which it formed...
Sirhowyrailway station was a station on the SirhowyRailway. It served Sirhowy near the town of Tredegar. The station was opened on 19 June 1865 by the...
Tredegar railway station was a station on the SirhowyRailway. It served the town of Tredegar. The station was near the southern edge of Bedwellty Park...
were additional branches to Sorwy Furnace, Nantyglo Works, and the SirhowyRailway at Risca. This canal was first proposed in 1792 as a separate venture...
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ironworks at Rhymney to Bassaleg, near Newport, connecting there with the SirhowyRailway and giving access to Newport Docks. Some steam locomotive operation...
day before the public opening of the northward extension from Sirhowy of the SirhowyRailway which had its own Tredegar station. The station was reached...
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established in May 1793 and operating from 1797. The Sirhowy Tramroad ran southwards to Sirhowy Ironworks. The Rassa Railroad ran from Trevil limestone...
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