DEVELOPMENT
After more years than we can remember, development
has suddenly taken off at the PBR, to the extent that our volunteers are now
working flat out.
Why is this:
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We are a railway with a rapidly growing profile – nothing succeeds like
success
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A very large fraction of our membership are active volunteers, to an
extent that would make very many larger railways green with envy
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The statutory funders have woken up to the fact
that we are making an increasing impact on the tourism product in Blaenavon,
and that we are not going to go away.
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We have the most extraordinarily generous members who have added to the
small amount we get from public donations with very substantial donations of
their own
So why these pages? Quite apart from the fact that your webmaster
has had his arm twisted, we are all very proud to be developing at the rate we
are. We hope you will be able to share
our enthusiasm and match our member’s generosity, either by joining us as a
member, or by chipping in with a donation.
Naturally we‘d like to hear from any passing philanthropic millionaires
that might to be passing, but if you are not a millionaire, but would simply
like to be labelled a philanthropist then a small donation would be very
welcome.
If you’d like to make a donation, AND the
opportunity to reduce the amount of tax that the tax man takes from you (and
who wouldn’t),
then click HERE.
This will download our appeal form as a PDF
document.
On the other hand, quite the best way of helping the
railway is to set up a regular Standing Order, and for that purpose you will need
a mandate form,
which can be
downloaded from HERE
This will also download the mandate form as a PDF
document.
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Enough of the begging! Development on this railway is not haphazard
or opportunist, but has arisen from years of careful planning. This is not as virtuous as it sounds, when
you have had as much time to plan as we have!
So this page will say something of our plans but will expand with news
items as the various plans take off and progress towards completion.
Because development has become a BIG issue, and is
likely to remain so for some years to come, we have divided this section into a
number of pages. You can navigate to
these pages from here.
Before you do so, we invite you to read the page
which outlines our overall plans. If, one
the other hand, you know what we are doing, and just want to get an update on
progress then one of the other ‘topic’ pages, will be the place to go. The number of topic pages is likely to
increase, and when the work it describes is completed, it will remain as a
record of what we have done and how we did it.
Although this web site is primarily for public viewing, some of our
members like to see the ins and outs of their work, and even their own faces! For this reason, some of the pages may be a
little too detailed for easy viewing by the public – we apologise in advance
for this!
The
Overall Plan is HERE (uploaded 4 July 2008)
Pictures from the following areas will be uploaded
over the coming months. Several areas
will be featured in the next few days, though some pages may be little more
than a placeholder with, perhaps just one illustration.
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Step and description or work |
Select page |
Status |
First uploaded |
Last updated |
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1.1 Water and sewerage |
Complete |
12 Nov 2008 |
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1.2 Extension to Blaenavon (High Level) |
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Funded |
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1.2.1 Trackwork |
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1.2.1.1
Trackwork – Furnace Sidings to Forgeside |
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In progress |
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1.2.1.2
Trackwork – Forgeside to
Blaenavon (High Level) |
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In progress |
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1.2.2
Fencing |
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In progress |
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1.2.3
Platform at Blaenavon (High Level) |
Page 1 - HERE Page 2 - HERE |
In progress In progress |
15 Nov 2008 26 Nov 2008 |
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1.2.4
Bridges |
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1.2.4.1
Old Pit Road Bridge (Bridge 13) |
Funded |
24 Oct 2008 |
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1.2.4.2
New Pit Road Bridge (Bridge 14) |
Funded |
28 Oct 2008 |
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1.2.4.3
Cycletrack Low Bridge (Bridge 16) |
Funded |
28 Oct 2008 |
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1.2.4.4
Stream Bridge (Bridge 17) |
Funded |
14 Nov 2008 |
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1.2.4.5
Forgeside Road Bridge (Bridge 18) |
Not included |
17 Nov 2008 |
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1.2.4.6
Varteg Road Bridge (Bridge 19) |
Awaiting funds |
14 Nov 2008 |
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1.2.5
Ecological assessment along the route |
Complete |
23 Oct 2008 |
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1.2.6
Rail over rail Bridge (Bridge 12) |
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1.2.6.1
Repair of Bridge 12 to permit trains UNDER |
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Complete |
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1.2.6.2.Repair of
Bridge 12 to permit trains OVER |
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Awaiting funds |
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1.3 Infrastructure improvements at Furnace Sidings |
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1.3.1 Construction of second platform at Furnace
Sidings |
Page 1 - HERE Page 2 - HERE |
Complete |
23 Oct 2008 23 Oct 2008 |
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1.3.2 Erection of footbridge between platforms 1
and 2 at Furnace Sidings |
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In progress |
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1.3.3 Construction of a comprehensive station
building on platform . |
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Awaiting funds |
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First uploaded 4 July 2008
Modified 19 Dec 2008
