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Bridgend Railway Station
Bridgend railway station () is a main line station serving the town of Bridgend, south Wales. It is located approximately halfway between and stations, at the point where the Maesteg Line diverges from the South Wales Main Line; it is also the western terminus of the Vale of Glamorgan Line from Cardiff. It is measured from the zero point at Paddington railway station, London Paddington, via Stroud. It is the fifth-busiest station in Wales, after Cardiff Central, Newport railway station, Newport, Swansea and . History The station was opened on 18 June 1850, and both the main platform building and the 1877 pedestrian bridge are Listed Buildings#England and Wales, Grade II listed. The station was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. In 1945, German Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt arrived at the station when he was transferred to the Island Farm prisoner of war camp. Services on both branch lines from the station were withdrawn for a time in the 1960s & early 1970s (trains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridgend
Bridgend (; or just , meaning "the end of the bridge on the Ogmore") is a town in the Bridgend County Borough of Wales, west of Cardiff and east of Swansea. The town is named after the Old Bridge, Bridgend, medieval bridge over the River Ogmore. The River Ewenny also flows through the town. The population was 49,597 in 2021. Bridgend is within the Cardiff Capital Region which in 2019 had a population of approximately 1.54 million. Historic counties of Wales, Historically a part of Glamorgan, Bridgend has greatly expanded in size since the early 1980s – the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 census recorded a population of 39,429 for the town. History Prehistoric and Roman Several prehistoric burial mounds have been found in the vicinity of Bridgend, suggesting that the area was settled before Roman times. The A48 road, A48 between Bridgend and Cowbridge has a portion, known locally as "Crack Hill", a Roman road and the 'Golden Mile' where it is believed Roman soldiers we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island Farm
Island Farm, also called Camp 198, was a prisoner of war camp on the outskirts of the town of Bridgend, South Wales. It hosted a number of Axis Powers, Axis prisoners, mainly German, and was the scene of the largest escape attempt by German POWs in Britain during World War II. Near the end of the war it was renamed Special Camp XI and used to detain many senior SS military leaders who were awaiting extradition to the Nuremberg trials. Early history of the camp Island Farm Camp was originally built as a hostel for female workers employed at a munitions factory in Bridgend, but conditions at the hostel were so dreary that the women preferred to travel, as much as , from their homes each day. The camp remained empty until 1943, when it was used to accommodate American troops who would subsequently be involved in the Allied invasion of France. After the invasion the authorities had to find suitable accommodation for large numbers of POWs captured in Europe. The prefabricated concr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fishguard Harbour Railway Station
Fishguard Harbour railway station serves the port of Fishguard Harbour, Wales. It is the terminus of one of the branches of the West Wales Line from Swansea. The area is also now served (since it reopened on 14 May 2012) by Fishguard and Goodwick railway station. History The Great Western Railway took over the North Pembrokeshire and Fishguard Railway by agreement of 12 February 1898. Its intent was to turn Fishguard into a purpose-built ocean liner port because it wanted to take trans-Atlantic passenger traffic away from Plymouth and Southampton. In preparation of this, the GWR opened its first station, Fishguard & Goodwick railway station, in 1899 when work on the new port began with the construction of Fishguard Harbour's East breakwater. In conjunction with building the East Breakwater, a new railway would be built to connect to the liner terminal with the West Wales line. The line, which would bypass the steeper gradients and curves on this part of the origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milford Haven Railway Station
Milford Haven railway station serves the town of Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Opened on 7 September 1863, it was originally known as ''Milford'', becoming ''Old Milford'' by January 1902, and finally being renamed ''Milford Haven'' by April 1910. It is the westernmost railway station in Wales, but not in Great Britain as some stations in England and Scotland are further west. History The first links to a railway to Milford Haven came through the completion of the South Wales Railway in 1856. Isambard Kingdom Brunel had a vision of connecting London to New York City via a railway through Wales and then to a commuter port. The initial plan was to terminate the line at Fishguard and to create a ferry service to Ireland. The failure to complete Irish rail links meant that the terminus was modified to a location on the Milford Haven Waterway, Milford Haven waterway. 1854 saw track reach Haverfordwest, at which point a decision had to be made as to the terminus. Neyland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pembroke Dock Railway Station
Pembroke Dock railway station serves the town of Pembroke Dock in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is the terminus of the Pembroke Dock branch of West Wales Lines from , southwest of . History It was opened on 8 August 1864 by the Pembroke and Tenby Railway as an extension of their route from to serve the Royal Navy dockyard in the town, though it was not until 1866 that the P&T route finally reached the main line at Whitland. When constructed, the line was notable having been built as standard gauge, not the 7-foot broad gauge used by the Great Western Railway at the time; and so it was isolated from the South Wales Railway main line until 1868, when dual gauge track was laid as far as to meet the standard gauge tracks of the London and North Western Railway. In 1872, the GWR converted all of its lines in the area to standard gauge. Originally, the station had two platforms. Both remain but only the southern one is in use (the track serving the other has now been removed). Part of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Wales Line
The West Wales lines () are a group of railway lines from Swansea through Carmarthenshire to Pembrokeshire, West Wales. The main part runs from Swansea to Carmarthen and Whitland, where it becomes three branches to Fishguard, Milford Haven and Pembroke Dock. Before the rail cuts of the 1960s, there were routes to Cardigan, Newcastle Emlyn, Llandysul, and via Lampeter, cross-country from Carmarthen to Aberystwyth. History The railway to west Wales was first projected in 1844, and the proposal was for a line to run from the Great Western Railway near Gloucester to Fishguard, with a branch from Whitland to Pembroke. The railway was called the South Wales Railway, and although it was in theory independent of the GWR, in practice it was very closely linked. This was shown by the fact that Isambard Kingdom Brunel was the engineer, and the line was laid to the broad gauge. Construction began in 1847, but the company ran into financial difficulties. In addition, the Great Famin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmarthen Railway Station
Carmarthen railway station is a stop on the West Wales Line, serving the town of Carmarthen, Wales. It is sited south of the River Towy, from London Paddington station, London Paddington, on the route via . The station is operated by Transport for Wales Rail, Transport for Wales, which operates the majority of services; Great Western Railway (train operating company), Great Western Railway also runs a limited service to London Paddington. History South Wales Railway The present station is the third to serve the town and dates from 1902, although the South Wales Railway's main line from Swansea railway station, Swansea to Neyland reached Carmarthen some fifty years earlier. This original station had been built with westward expansion in mind and was situated at the base of the triangular junction, half a mile south of the present station and poorly sited for the town. Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway A second station, ''Carmarthen Town'', was opened by the Carmarthen and Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swansea Railway Station
Swansea railway station serves the city of Swansea, Wales. It is sited from Paddington railway station, London Paddington, via , on the National Rail network, although most services use a shorter route via . In 2023/24, it was the third-busiest station in Wales, after Cardiff Central railway station, Cardiff Central and Newport railway station, Newport. History The station opened in 1850.History of the Great Western Railway, E.T. MacDermot (rev. C.R. Clinker, pub. Ian Allan, 1964) It was built by the South Wales Railway, which amalgamated with the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1863; it was not originally on the South Wales Railway main line, planned to connect London with the port of Fishguard, and Swansea passengers had to change at , two miles to the north until at least 1879. The station has been renovated and extended several times in its lifetime – most notably in the 1880s, when the stone-built office block facing High Street, on the west side of the station, was add ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Western Railway (train Operating Company)
First Greater Western, trading name, trading as Great Western Railway (GWR), is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that provides services in the Greater Western franchise, Greater Western franchise area. It manages 197 stations and its trains call at over 270. GWR operates long-distance inter-city services along the Great Western Main Line to and from the West of England and South Wales, inter-city services from London to the West Country via the Reading–Taunton line, and the ''Night Riviera'' Sleeping car, sleeper service between London and Penzance. It provides outer-suburban services in West London; commuter services from its London terminus at to the Thames Valley region, including parts of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire; and regional services throughout the West of England and South Wales to the South coast of England. Great Western Railway also operates the Heathrow Express service. The company began operating in February 1996 as Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pen-y-Bont - GWR 800035+800018 , in Powys, Wales, a village in the Tanat Valley near to Llangynog
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Pen-y-Bont is the Welsh for "bridgehead", and may refer to: * Pen-y-bont, an area at the edge of Bala lake in Snowdonia where the River Dee leaves the lake * Bridgend, a town in south Wales with the Welsh name ''Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr'' * Penybont, a village in the Ithon valley in Powys, Wales ** Pen-y-Bont railway station, a station serving Penybont village * Pen-y-bont Llanerch Emrys, a hamlet in the Tanat Valley, Powys, Wales * Pen-y-bont-fawr Pen-y-Bont-Fawr (or Penybontfawr) is a small village and Community (Wales), community in the Afon Tanat, Tanat valley in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. In the 2011 UK Census it had a population of 440 with 58% born in England and 39% in Wales (m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridgend Railway Station Footbridge - Geograph
Bridgend (; or just , meaning "the end of the bridge on the Ogmore") is a town in the Bridgend County Borough of Wales, west of Cardiff and east of Swansea. The town is named after the medieval bridge over the River Ogmore. The River Ewenny also flows through the town. The population was 49,597 in 2021. Bridgend is within the Cardiff Capital Region which in 2019 had a population of approximately 1.54 million. Historically a part of Glamorgan, Bridgend has greatly expanded in size since the early 1980s – the 2001 census recorded a population of 39,429 for the town. History Prehistoric and Roman Several prehistoric burial mounds have been found in the vicinity of Bridgend, suggesting that the area was settled before Roman times. The A48 between Bridgend and Cowbridge has a portion, known locally as "Crack Hill", a Roman road and the 'Golden Mile' where it is believed Roman soldiers were lined up to be paid. The Vale of Glamorgan would have been a natural low-level rout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdare Railway Station
Aberdare railway station () serves the town of Aberdare in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is the Terminal station, terminus of the Aberdare branch of the Merthyr Line, 22½ miles (36 km) north-north-west of . Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales Rail, Transport for Wales. History The station at this location (the former ''Aberdare High Level'') was opened in 1851 and was served by the trains of the Vale of Neath Railway, Vale of Neath (VoN); it was served later by Great Western Railway on their route between and Pontypool and New Inn railway station, Pontypool Road. The line from Abercynon South railway station, Abercynon and Cardiff had been built in 1846 by the ''Aberdare Railway Company'' (later absorbed by the Taff Vale Railway) - this ran to an adjacent but separate station at , although the two routes were later connected to each other a short distance to the west of the town at ''Gadlys Junction''. Passenger rail services into the town on bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
