Varteg Colliery

Location type

Mine

Name and dates

Varteg Colliery


Chronology Dates

18/09/1879Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
Talywain branch from Trevethin Junction to Abersychan and Talywain where it met iron works (including the British Iron Works) and colliery lines (such as the Varteg Colliery). The line replaced the early Cwmffrwd Railroad tramway.