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A former section of the still existent Welsh Marches Line Railway Line heading away from the now demolished Hereford Barton station. In Hereford, Herefordshire.

The route south of Hereford was originally known as the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway before it was amalgamated with the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway to form the Welsh Marches Line Railway Line.

In 1847 an Act was passed for the Taff Vale Extension, from Coedygric North Junction, Pontypool westwards to the Taff Vale Railway at Quakers Yard. The railway company was formed by the amalgamation of the Hereford Railway, the Llanfihangel Railway and the Grosmont Railway.

Surveyed and designed by Chief Engineer Charles Liddell, he noted that at its northern end, the terminus at Hereford Barton was not big enough to take the five railways converging on the major market town. So, it was agreed by the joint GWR/LNWR Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway and the broad gauge GWR sponsored Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway, the construction of Hereford Barrs Court. A joint opening of both stations took place in December 1853.

Liddell faced the problem of bridging two key natural geographic barriers to connect with the Taff Vale Railway at Quakers Yard, the Ebbw Valley and the Rhymney Valley. After agreeing a tendering process with the board, the winner was agreed to be Thomas W. Kennard. While Liddell was the key architect of both the Crumlin Viaduct (built from wrought iron due to its projected height), and the Hengoed Viaduct (built from stone, on a curve), Kennard acted as designer and engineer for both projects, and supplier for the Crumlin, where his father Robert Kennard's company Falkirk Iron Co supplied the innovative Warren trusses.

On 2 January 1854, the line opened from Hereford to Coedygric, Pontypool on the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company line. The station at Abergavenny was opened. In 1860, the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway merged with the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway and Worcester and Hereford Railway to form the West Midland Railway. On 1 October 1862, Abergavenny Junction was opened to the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway. In 1958 Abergavenny Junction and the majority of stations on the line were closed to goods traffic.

Information Source:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport,_Abergavenny_and_Hereford_R...

Taken in: UK / England / Hereford (show map)

Taken on: June 30, 2014

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Camera: Nikon D7100, f/5.6, 1/500 sec, 92mm (=138mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7100
Lens:	18.0-105.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	92mm (35mm equivalent: 138mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	+0.2 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	High
Saturation:	High
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Lightroom 5.5 (Windows)
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