The history of the railway that ran from Hereford through such places as Moorhampton,Eardisley, Whitney, Hay-on-Wye, Glasbury and Three Cocks on its way to Brecon is an extremely complicated story of politics and ambition, with several railway companies competing for what they estimated to be potential traffic, and thus revenue. The line was opened in stages from 1863 by three separate railway companies. However, it was not until the Midland Railway which saw the route as ameans of getting to South Wals from the Midlands,took a lease of part of it ( in 1874 ), and running powers over the rest, that the line saw some sort of stability. The ambitions of the railway's promoters in the mid 1800s were never truly realised, and by the 1960s the line had become another branch at risk of closure. The end came for passengers in 1962, and important market towns such as Brecon and Hay-on-Wye,and smaller rural communities in Herefordshire and Breconshire lost their railways after nearly one hundred years service.This book is a definitive study of this line, produced to the highest standars and should be on the shelves of all Midland and LMS enthusiasts.
Hardcover, 320 pages, 381 b/w, 44 colour illustrations, plus maps,tickets, ephera, etc