Marking Railway 200, a guided walk along the west bank (City Centre bank) of the River Usk in Newport, exploring the long-gone and long-forgotten mass of railway lines that led to the Pillgwenlly area, Docks and Transporter Bridge (with its ‘upside-down track’).
Photos will be available during the walk to illustrate the maze of railway lines leading to locomotive engine sheds, still standing, of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. The walk will finish at Newport’s magnificent Transporter Bridge brand new Visitor Centre, once the site of many lines of different companies, leading to and from the busy docks.
The walk will start from Newport Bus Station and is about 2 miles in length, entirely flat and taken at a slow walking pace, with frequent stops to explain each location’s past railway infrastructure. A service bus from Pillgwenlly can be used to go back to the town centre or a direct 1-mile walk can be taken from the Visitor Centre.
BOOKING ESSENTIAL – PLACES EXTREMELY LIMITED £5