Great Western Railway: 1923 Constituent Companies
From Graces Guide
Note: This is a sub-section of the Great Western Railway
Founded in 1833 the Great Western Railway kept its identity through the 1923 grouping - Railways Act 1921
1923 Constituent Companies
- Great Western Railway route mileage 3,005 miles
- Barry Railway (Barry) 68 miles
- Cambrian Railways (Cambrian) 295.25 miles
- Cardiff Railway 11.75 miles
- Rhymney Railway 51 miles
- Taff Vale Railway (TVR) 124.5 miles
- Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway 10.5 miles
Total Mileage of the constituent companies was 3,566 miles
Subsidiary companies - Independently worked
- Brecon and Merthyr Railway 59.75 miles
- Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway 21 miles
- Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway 12 miles
- Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway 13 miles
- Midland and South Western Junction Railway 63.25 miles
Semi-independent lines - worked by the GWR but possessed separate rolling stock etc.
- Port Talbot Railway and Docks (PTR&D) 35 miles
- Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway 29 miles
Non-working companies
Originally leased to or worked by the GWR
- Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway 42.75 miles
- East Gloucestershire Railway 14 miles
- Exeter Railway 8.75 miles
- Forest of Dean Central Railway 4.75 miles
- Gwendraeth Valleys Railway 3 miles
- Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway 12 miles
- Liskeard and Looe Railway 9 miles
- Princetown Railway 10.5 miles
- Ross and Monmouth Railway 12.5 miles
- Teign Valley Railway 7.75 miles
- West Somerset Railway 14.5 miles
Originally leased to or worked by the TVR
- Penarth Extension Railway 1.75 miles
- Penarth Harbour, Dock and Railway 9.75 miles
Originally leased to or worked by the Cambrian
- Mawddwy Railway 6.75 miles
- Van Railway 6.75 miles
- Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway 9.25 miles
- Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway 12.75 miles
Originally leased or worked by the PTR&D
- South Wales Mineral Railway 13 miles
Originally leased to or worked by the Barry
- Vale of Glamorgan Railway 20.75 miles
See Also
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Sources of Information
[1] Wikipedia