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1856 Incorporated to construct a line of 6.25 miles
Had a 1.75 mile extension line by the Penarth Extension Railway opened in 1878.
1868 Engineer is John Hawkshaw, London, and Samuel Dobson, Cardiff.[1]
1923 Became part of the Great Western Railway
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