Monmouthshire Canal Tramway
Dates
| / /1802 | Sirhowy Tramroad Established by Sir Charles Morgan to run from the Tredegar Iron Works to Nine Mile Point, to run via the Monmouthshire Canal Tramway from there to Newport. Tramroads were built by the partners in the iron works to run to the Trevil Quarries and from Nantybwch to the Union Iron Works at Rhymney. |
| 26/06/1802 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway Act passed for the Monmouthshire Canal to build a line from Newport to Nine Mile Point and from Risca to Crumlin to join the Beaufort Ironworks Tramway. |
| / /1805 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway Opened, excluding Risca to Crumlin. |
| / /1822 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway Sirhowy Tramroad Horse-drawn passenger service starts between Newport and Tredegar. |
| / /1826 | Rumney Railway Opened from Rhymney Iron Works to the Monmouthshire Canal Tramway at Park Mile, south of Bassaleg. Gauge of 4 feet 2 inches. Engineer; George Overton. |
| / /1829 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway Risca to Crumlin opened. |
| 21/12/1850 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway Abercarn opened |
| 21/12/1850 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway Terminus opened at Newport Courtybella. |
| 04/08/1852 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway Newport Dock Street station opened. |
| 04/08/1852 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway Newport Dock Street opened and Newport Courtybella closed. |
| / /1853 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway Act passed to bypass the 32 arch Risca Long Bridge which had tight corners on the tramroad at either end. |
| / /1855 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway Risca Long Bridge passes out of use. |
| / /1855 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway Beaufort Ironworks Tramway Blaina Branch Converted to standard gauge and passenger services commence between Newport and Nantyglo [1st]. |
| / /1855 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway Connections opened; Courtybella Junction to Town Dock, Pillbank Junction to Dock Street, Salutation Junction to Llanarth Street Junction opened. |
| /05/1855 | Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company, Monmouthshire Canal Tramway Eastern Valleys line connected to Western Valleys line at Newport Dock Street. |
| /11/1855 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway Risca to Nine Mile Point completed. |
| / /1858 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway Cwmtillery Branch (Monmouthshire Canal Tramway) opened from Abertillery. |
| / /1872 | South Wales Railway After gauge conversion of the South Wales Railway a connection was made at Waterloo Junction to the Monmouthshire Canal Tramway. The trans-shipment station was closed. |
| 01/08/1875 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway, Great Western Railway The Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company gives the Great Western Railway running rights over their system. |
| 01/01/1879 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway South Wales Railway Park Junction to Gaer Junction opened allowing Western Valleys access to use the main Newport station, High Street. |
| 11/03/1880 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway South Wales Railway Newport Dock Street closed to passengers but retained for freight. All services now use Newport High Street. |
| 01/08/1880 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway Great Western Railway Act passed for merging the Monmouthshire into the Great Western Railway. |
| / /1885 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway Park Mile is quadrupled. |
| / /1893 | Blaina Branch (Monmouthshire Canal Tramway) Abertillery re-built further north. |
| /03/1898 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway Park Mile becomes six tracks. |
| / /1905 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway Remains of Risca Long Bridge demolished. |
| / /1907 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway Salutation Junction to Llanarth Street Junction (Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company) closed to through traffic. |
| /06/1910 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway Quadruple track is extended north to Risca. |
| 30/04/1962 | Blaina Branch (Monmouthshire Canal Tramway) Abertillery closed. |
| 30/04/1962 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway Abercarn closed. |
| /11/1997 | Monmouthshire Canal Tramway Lime Kiln Junction to Aberbeeg singled. |
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