Rhymney Railway
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Rhymney Railway was a historic Welsh railway company that primarily served the coal-mining communities of the Rhymney Valley and surrounding areas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rhymney Railway canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic railway
ⓘ
railway company ⓘ |
| absorbedBy | Great Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Great Western Railway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London and North Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ Taff Vale Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| economicRole | supporting coal export through Cardiff docks ⓘ |
| gauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Cardiff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
contributed to growth of Cardiff as a coal-exporting port
ⓘ
part of the development of the South Wales coal industry ⓘ |
| inception | 1850s ⓘ |
| languageOfRegion |
English
ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Wales ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricCounty |
Glamorganshire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Monmouthshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainPurpose | transport coal from Rhymney Valley collieries ⓘ |
| nationalisedInto | British Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| networkType | heavy rail ⓘ |
| notableRoute | Cardiff to Rhymney line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openedForTraffic | 1858 ⓘ |
| operatedInCentury |
19th century
ⓘ
20th century ⓘ |
| primaryTraffic |
coal
ⓘ
mineral traffic ⓘ passenger traffic ⓘ |
| railwaySystem | British railway system ⓘ |
| regionServed | South Wales coalfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedArea | Rhymney Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedCommunity |
coal-mining communities of the Rhymney Valley
ⓘ
industrial communities north of Cardiff ⓘ |
| servedIndustry | coal mining ⓘ |
| servedTown |
Bargoed
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Caerphilly NERFINISHED ⓘ Cardiff NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhymney NERFINISHED ⓘ Ystrad Mynach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successor | Great Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terminus |
Cardiff
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rhymney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trackConfiguration |
double track sections
ⓘ
single track sections ⓘ |
| typeOfTraffic |
freight
ⓘ
passenger ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.