Opened in 1876 and closed to passengers in 1959, the Wye Valley Railway ran from Tutshill Halt (just north of Chepstow) to Monmouth Troy. The scenic beauty of the lower Wye Valley, evident in many of the archive photographs collected for this volume, was well utilised by the Great Western Railway to promote tourism and many structures from its operation are still in existence. This includes Tintern station, now in use as a visitor centre in this very popular tourist area, which includes Tintern Abbey, Symonds Yat and the Forest of Dean.

Lost Lines of Wales series:

Cambrian Coast Line

Ruabon to Barmouth

Aberystwyth to Carmarthen

Brecon to Newport

Vale of Neath

Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth

The Mid Wales Line

Chester to Holyhead

Bangor to Afon Wen

Rhyl to Corwen

The Heads of the Valleys Line

Conwy Valley Line

Llandovery to Craven Arms

Monmouthshire Eastern Valley

Monmouthshire Western Valley

G.P. Essex is a transport author and photographer. Find out more at www.randomrailways.com.

The foreword and introduction describe succinctly and knowledgeably the history of each line, mentioning other lines it connected with. The route is then illustrated by carefully selected quality captioned photographs displaying much variety. Every photograph has a steam train in it and along with describing the location the author explains the features that caused that particular class of locomotive to be used. The device of bleeding the photographs to the edge of the page with no white borders is dramatic. Although he does not say so, these books are a celebration of the work of enthusiastic post-World War II railway photographers. [...] Good value for money for a wide audience.'Journal of the Railway & Canal Historical Society