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Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway

Dates

/ /1882	Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Alexandra (Newport) Dock Company is re-named the Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway.
/ /1883	Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Act to take over Newport Town Dock.
01/01/1884	Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Take over Newport Town Dock.
/ /1894	Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Alexandra South Dock partly opened.
06/07/1897	Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway taken over by Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway.
01/09/1904	Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway New service from Pontypridd (Tram Road) Halt on the Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway, east of the Taff Vale Railway station, to Caerphilly started. Uses two steam railmotors built by the Glasgow Railway Engineering Works (Glasgow Railway and Engineering Company) of Govan. Seven halts opened on route.
01/01/1906	Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Starts bus service from Docks Office to the Corporation Tram Terminus.
30/04/1906	Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Taff Vale Railway stops operating trains from Pontypridd to Alexandra Docks when Alexandra Docks company takes over with engines bought from the Mersey Railway.
/ /1920	Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Newport Town Dock closed and filled in.
/ /1921	Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Great Western Railway Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway merged with Great Western Railway.
/ /1933	Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Bus service within docks withdrawn.
03/09/1979	Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Maesglas Junction to East Mendalgief Junction closed.
29/10/1979	Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Dock Street Depot to Town Dock Sidings closed.