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Barry Railway Company was promoted by interests in coal mining and steel in the South Wales valleys as an alternative to the existing rail service to Cardiff docks in Tiger Bay. It's primary interests were always very much in transporting the commodities of its sponsors. | Barry Railway Company was promoted by interests in coal mining and steel in the South Wales valleys as an alternative to the existing rail service to Cardiff docks in Tiger Bay. It's primary interests were always very much in transporting the commodities of its sponsors. | ||
1884 It was incorporated by Act of Parliament on 14 August for the construction of a dock at Barry Island. <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Railway_Company] Wikipedia</ref> The company was incorporated as the [[Barry Dock and Railways]]. | |||
The company persuaded '''P. and A. Campbell''' to run steamers from a pier built alongside the dock across the Bristol Channel, but later put their own fleet on the station. Although the "Red Funnel" fleet as it became known gained a great measure of popularity, the company was dogged by legal disputes with its main competitors, P. and A. Campbell, legislation restricting their freedom to develop services and the legacy of the high cost of its three magnificent new steamers | |||
Starting in 1885, the company constructed 7 miles of track from Cardiff, and the construction of railways of about 26 miles in length from the docks to the Rhondda Valley. Additionally, access was created to junctions with the existing and authorised railways to all the other great mineral-producing districts of South Wales. | |||
1891 Name altered to [[Barry Railway Co|Barry Railway Company]]. | |||
1908 Line is 44¾ miles in length. <ref>The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908</ref> | |||
Eventually the Company’s route mileage was 66 miles, but with 140 miles of sidings: 100 miles of them were around the docks. The head office of the railway was at Barry. | |||
1923 Became part of the [[Great Western Railway]] | |||
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of Barry Docks, near Cardiff.
Barry Railway Company was promoted by interests in coal mining and steel in the South Wales valleys as an alternative to the existing rail service to Cardiff docks in Tiger Bay. It's primary interests were always very much in transporting the commodities of its sponsors.
1884 It was incorporated by Act of Parliament on 14 August for the construction of a dock at Barry Island. [1] The company was incorporated as the Barry Dock and Railways.
The company persuaded P. and A. Campbell to run steamers from a pier built alongside the dock across the Bristol Channel, but later put their own fleet on the station. Although the "Red Funnel" fleet as it became known gained a great measure of popularity, the company was dogged by legal disputes with its main competitors, P. and A. Campbell, legislation restricting their freedom to develop services and the legacy of the high cost of its three magnificent new steamers
Starting in 1885, the company constructed 7 miles of track from Cardiff, and the construction of railways of about 26 miles in length from the docks to the Rhondda Valley. Additionally, access was created to junctions with the existing and authorised railways to all the other great mineral-producing districts of South Wales.
1891 Name altered to Barry Railway Company.
1908 Line is 44¾ miles in length. [2]
Eventually the Company’s route mileage was 66 miles, but with 140 miles of sidings: 100 miles of them were around the docks. The head office of the railway was at Barry.
1923 Became part of the Great Western Railway