Bryn Oer Tramway
| Bryn Oer Tramway | |
|---|---|
| Locale | Wales |
| Dates of operation | 1815 – 1865 |
| Successor line | Abandoned |
| Track gauge | 3 ft 6 in (1067 mm) |
| Length | 8 miles |
| Headquarters | Talybont |
The Bryn Oer Tramway (also known as the Brinore Tramroad) was an early horse-worked British narrow gauge railway built in 1814.
History
The Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal was built under an Act of Parliament of 1793. The Act allowed the canal company to build feeder railways up to eight miles in length to transport freight to the canal for transshipment. The Bryn Oer Tramway was built under this act in 1814, opening in 1815. It was a horse worked plateway that served the Bryn Oer collieries and the Trefil limestone quarries. An extension was also built to serve the Rhymney ironworks in the Rhymney Valley.
By the 1830s the growth of local railways had begun to complete with the tramway, especially with the introduction of steam locomotives which were too heavy to work on the fragile plateway. By 1860 most of the tramway's traffic was being sent by railways in it closed in 1865.
The tramway today
In 2006, much of the route of the Bryn Oer Tramway is in use as a public bridleway, and stone sleepers remain in place in several places.
References
- Narrow Gauge Railway Museum article on the Bryn Oer Tramway.
- Brinore Tramroad Conservation Forum article on the origins of the tramway.
See also
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