Merthyr and Llantrisant Railway
GPTKB entity
Properties (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
railway
|
| gptkbp:associated_with |
local communities
coal mining industry |
| gptkbp:connects |
gptkb:Merthyr_Tydfil
gptkb:Llantrisant |
| gptkbp:contains |
some railway heritage sites
|
| gptkbp:contributedTo |
urban development
|
| gptkbp:cultural_impact |
in local folklore
|
| gptkbp:decommissioned |
1962
|
| gptkbp:facilitates |
economic growth
|
| gptkbp:historical_figure |
community leaders
local politicians business owners engineers involved in construction activists for railway preservation workers employed on the railway |
| gptkbp:historical_significance |
part_of_the_industrial_revolution_in_South_Wales
|
| gptkbp:historicalContext |
Victorian era
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Merthyr and Llantrisant Railway
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
local economy
transport_policy_in_Wales |
| gptkbp:inspiration |
local historical societies
|
| gptkbp:is_designed_to |
transporting goods
transporting passengers engineers_from_South_Wales |
| gptkbp:is_featured_in |
historical documentaries
|
| gptkbp:is_part_of |
gptkb:South_Wales_railway_network
|
| gptkbp:is_used_in |
freight services
passenger services |
| gptkbp:legacy |
influence on modern transport
|
| gptkbp:length |
approximately 12 miles
|
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Wales
|
| gptkbp:notable_event |
closure announcement in 1962
opening ceremony in 1854 |
| gptkbp:opened |
1854
1962 nan |
| gptkbp:operates_in |
gptkb:Merthyr_Railway_Company
|
| gptkbp:replacedBy |
bus services
|
| gptkbp:significance |
transportation of coal
|
| gptkbp:stations |
gptkb:Pontypridd_station
gptkb:Merthyr_Tydfil_station Treforest station Llantrisant_station |
| gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:Rhondda_and_Swansea_Bay_Railway
|
| gptkbp:type |
standard gauge
|