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Deltic | 10:49 Sun 18th Nov 2012 | History
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Which South Wales railway pregrouping company operated port to port express trains in conjunction with the help of the G.W.R., G.C.R. and N.E.R. and what ports did it connect.
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the ports to ports express ran from newcastle to cardiff and was a collaboration between the gwr, gcr and ner. this train carried a coach or portion for barry, which it reached over the independent barry railway. on grouping the barry railway was absorbed by the gwr.
14:41 Sun 18th Nov 2012
It sounds as though it could be the Newcastle Swansea service - though I'm not sure what the South Wales company would be
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the ports to ports express ran from newcastle to cardiff and was a collaboration between the gwr, gcr and ner. this train carried a coach or portion for barry, which it reached over the independent barry railway. on grouping the barry railway was absorbed by the gwr.
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