About: Barry Railway Company     Goto   Sponge   NotDistinct   Permalink

An Entity of Type : yago:WikicatRailwayCompaniesEstablishedIn1884, within Data Space : dbpedia.demo.openlinksw.com associated with source document(s)
QRcode icon
http://dbpedia.demo.openlinksw.com/describe/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdbpedia.org%2Fresource%2FBarry_Railway_Company&invfp=IFP_OFF&sas=SAME_AS_OFF

The Barry Railway Company was a railway and docks company in South Wales, first incorporated as the Barry Dock and Railway Company in 1884. It arose out of frustration among Rhondda coal owners at congestion and high charges at Cardiff Docks as well the monopoly held by the Taff Vale Railway in transporting coal from the Rhondda. In addition, the Taff Vale did not have the required capacity for the mineral traffic using the route, leading to lengthy delays in getting to Cardiff.

AttributesValues
rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • Barry Railway (de)
  • Barry Railway Company (en)
rdfs:comment
  • The Barry Railway Company was a railway and docks company in South Wales, first incorporated as the Barry Dock and Railway Company in 1884. It arose out of frustration among Rhondda coal owners at congestion and high charges at Cardiff Docks as well the monopoly held by the Taff Vale Railway in transporting coal from the Rhondda. In addition, the Taff Vale did not have the required capacity for the mineral traffic using the route, leading to lengthy delays in getting to Cardiff. (en)
  • Die Barry Railway war eine britische Eisenbahngesellschaft in Wales. Ihr Streckennetz hatte 1922 eine Länge von 109 Kilometer. Am 5. Juli 1865 wurde die Barry Dock and Railway gegründet, die mit Barry verband. Nachdem die Gesellschaft 1878/1879 ihren Betrieb eingestellt hatte, erfolgte am 14. August 1884 eine Neugründung. Man begann mit dem Bau einer 122 Kilometer langen von Barry Dock ins Rhondda Valley sowie einer nach . Am 8. Februar 1889 wurde der Abschnitt Barry–Barry Dock für den Personenverkehr eröffnet. Am 13. Mai folgten die Abschnitte von St Fagans nach und von Barry nach Cogan. Am 18. Juli 1889 war dann die gesamte Strecke bis fertiggestellt. Am 5. August 1891 änderte die Gesellschaft den Namen in Barry Railway. 1896 wurde eine Strecke zur Barry Island gebaut, die später no (de)
foaf:depiction
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barry_Docks8.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barry_Railway_Company.png
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barry_dock_offices_(1).jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barryrly.png
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pwllypant,_Caerphilly_,_surviving_arch_from_the_demolished_Llanbradach_viaduct_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2416613.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barry_Waterfront.jpg
dcterms:subject
Wikipage page ID
Wikipage revision ID
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
Faceted Search & Find service v1.17_git139 as of Feb 29 2024


Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE     Content Formats:   [cxml] [csv]     RDF   [text] [turtle] [ld+json] [rdf+json] [rdf+xml]     ODATA   [atom+xml] [odata+json]     Microdata   [microdata+json] [html]    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 08.03.3330 as of Mar 19 2024, on Linux (x86_64-generic-linux-glibc212), Single-Server Edition (378 GB total memory, 67 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2024 OpenLink Software