Transport in Newport - M4 Motorway, Ebbw Valley Railway, Newport Docks, Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway, Veolia Transport Cymru (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: M4 motorway, Ebbw Valley Railway, Newport Docks, Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway, Veolia Transport Cymru, South Wales Main Line, Newport Transport, New M4, Newport Transporter Bridge, Welsh Marches Line, A48 road, National Cycle Route 4, A449 road, List of bus routes in Newport, A48(M) motorway, Gloucester to Newport Line, Celtic Trail cycle route, Southern Distributor Road, Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway, Newport Bridge, Newport, Rumney Railway, Brynglas Tunnels, George Street Bridge, Newport, City Bridge, A4042 road, Great Western Railway Usk bridge, Caerleon Bridge, Islwyn Borough Transport, M4 motorway Usk bridge, St. Julian's railway bridge, A468 road. Excerpt: The Ebbw Valley Railway (Welsh: ) is a branch line of the Great Western Main Line in Wales. Arriva Trains Wales provide an hourly passenger service each way, between Ebbw Vale Parkway and Cardiff Central. The Great Western Railway (GWR) operated a passenger service on the line from the 1850s between Ebbw Vale and Newport. The line became part of British Railways' Western Region in 1948, following the nationalisation of the railways. Passenger services ceased on the line in 1962 - part of the Beeching Axe. However, the route continued to be used to carry freight to and from the Corus steelworks in Ebbw Vale, until its closure in 2002. Proposals to re-open the existing freight railway line to passenger services were first mooted in 1998. The Welsh Assembly Government announced their commitment to the project in 2002, as part of a package of measures to help the steel communities. Passenger services were restored to the line in February 2008, after a gap of 46 years, using Class 150 diesel multiple units. Predominantly single track, the Ebbw Valley Railway runs 18 miles (29 km) along the Ebbw River valley from Ebbw Vale, before joining t...