The Tanat Valley Light Railway

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Situated in the Welsh borderland to the West of Oswestry, the scenic Tanat Valley reached westwards into Wales, its Llangynog terminus nestling where the road starts the climb over the Berwyn mountain range towards Bala. The Tanat Valley Light Railway is a true child of the 1896 Light Railways Act, promoted by the Oswestry Urban District Council the following year to take advantage of the grant-making facilities of that legislation. Because it took so long to obtain powers, and it was not opened until 1906, the Light Railway never really fulfilled its potential. Operated initially by the Cambrian Railways, it was not heavily worked, although it benefited from pipe traffic generated by renewals of Liverpool Corporation’s Vyrnwy reservoir pipeline. Although closure came in stages during the 1950s, and was deemed to be complete in 1960, a short section of track remains in situ at Porthywaen.
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Stock Code P3967.0
Author Johnson P
ISBN13 9781399039673
Format Hardback
Height(mm) 282
Width(mm) 216
Page Count 152
Pictures 130
Publication Date 18 Jul 2024
Publication Status Available
Publisher PEN & SWORD
Record last updated 12/09/2024