Railways from Dean to Monmouthshire, South Wales & Beyond... (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 19:26 (4297 days ago) @ dougal

Hi Dougal,
if you want to learn a little more about the once extensive railway links between the Forest & South Wales these websites are recommended. Within the Forest itself many disused trackbeds are now cyclepaths, trains were still hauling goods (mostly coal of course) until the early 60s. In your ancestors' time the railways could take you or your goods anywhere very regularly, quickly and reliably.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nigel.nicholson/gn/page%2095.html
The links at the extreme bottom of this hugely informative webpage will take you to the other Dean lines of old. I particularly like this site as it helps us relate the old routes to the modern settings the lines used to run thro.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleford,_Monmouth,_Usk_and_Pontypool_Railway

http://www.urban75.org/photos/wales/wye.html