The history of the railway that ran from Hereford through such places as Moorhampton, Eardisley, Whitney, Hay-on-Wye, Glasbury and Three Cocks on its way to Brecon is an extremely complex story of politics and ambition, with several railway companies competing for what they estimated to be thr potential traffic, and thus revenue. The line was opened in stages by three separate railway companies. However, it was not until the Midland Railway saw the route as a means of getting to South Wales from the Midlands, took a lease of part of it (in 1874), and had running powers over the rest, that the line saw some sort of stability. The ambitions of the railway's promoters in the mid 1800s were never truely realised, and by the 1960s the line had become another branch at risk of closure. The end came for passengers in 1962, and important market towns such as Brecon and Hay-on-Wye, and smaller rural communities in Herefordshire and Breconshire lost their railway after nearly one hundred years' service.
The author has studied the history of the line in great detail, and interviewed many railwaymen who used to work on the line. He has also managed to find a fascinating selection of photographs with which to illustrate this book, providing an invaluable reference work for those with an interest in railways and/or local history.

ISBN 978 0 9534775 4 8. 210mm x 272mm, 320 pages (28 in colour). 
Casebound with four colour dust jacket. 

£30.00