Bullo Pill Railway
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For the heritage railway in the Forest of Dean, see Dean Forest Railway.
The Bullo Pill Railway was an early British railway, completed in 1810 to carry coal mined in the Forest of Dean Coalfield to a port on the River Severn near Newnham, Gloucestershire. It was later converted to a broad gauge steam line by the Great Western Railway, and was closed in the 1960s.
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Bullo Pill Railway | |
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Overview | |
Status | Closed |
Locale | Gloucestershire |
Service | |
Type | Heavy rail |
Operator(s) | Bullo Pill Railway, Great Western Railway, British Railways |
History | |
Opened | 1810 |
Closed | 1967 |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1ā2 in (1,435 mm) |
Old gauge | 4 ft (1,219 mm) 7 ft 1ā4 in (2,140 mm) |
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