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The Cambrian Railways owned 230 miles (370 km) of track over a large area of mid-Wales. The system was made from a number of earlier railways. The Cambrian connected with two of the larger railways to give connections to England. These were:

The Cambrian Railways amalgamated with the Great Western Railway on 1 January 1922 as a result of the Railways Act 1921. The name is continued today in the route known as the Cambrian Line.


Images for kids

  • Cambrian Railways map c.1921 - Project Gutenberg eText 20074

    Circa 1921 map of the Cambrian Railways

  • Prince of Wales Steam train - panoramio

    Vale of Rheidol No. 9 Prince of Wales in Cambrian livery

  • Oswestry railway station and Cambrian Railways head office c.1921 - Project Gutenberg eText 20074

    Oswestry railway station and the company head office, circa 1921

  • Bangor-on-Dee Station, 1862854 5e291cdb

    Bangor-on-Dee station in 1962

  • Cambrian Railway works, Oswestry - geograph.org.uk - 316616

    Former Cambrian Railways workshops, Oswestry. Now an antiques warehouse

  • Cambrian Railways locomotive - Project Gutenberg eText 20074

    The "latest Cambrian Passenger Express Locomotive", circa 1921

  • Bettisfield Station 1863391 991ebb7e

    Bettisfield Station in 1962

  • Cafe at Chinnor Station - geograph.org.uk - 1498816

    No. 247 at Chinnor Railway station.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Ferrocarriles de Cambria para niños

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