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The tallest viaduct in Scotland at 175 feet: Larpool Viaduct: North Yorkshire: 279 m (915 ft) 1885 c. Brick arch: II: Carried the Scarborough and Whitby Railway over the River Esk. Since services ended in 1965, it has become part of a walking and cycling route: Leaderfoot Viaduct: Melrose, Scottish Borders: 1863: Stone and brick arch: Cat. A
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The station at Oldbury had a very short lifespan, closing in 1916 as a result of the first world war and never reopened, although the line remained in use for goods traffic to the local factories until 1960s when the section from Albright and Wilson Oldbury Division to the site of Oldbury was severed by the building of the M5 Motorway.
Crumlin Viaduct: County Antrim Crumlin: 1915 Carries a railway line across a road which is itself a bridge over a river Dargan Bridge: County Antrim and County Down Belfast 1994 Longest railway bridge in Ireland Dromore Viaduct: County Down Dromore: 1861 Former railway viaduct Finn Bridge: County Fermanagh and County Monaghan (ROI) Scotshouse: 1856
The longest aqueduct in England, crosses a minor road, the Birmingham and North Warwickshire railway, and also the trackbed of the former Alcester Railway. Edstone Aqueduct: Engine Arm Aqueduct: Birmingham Canal Navigations: Cast by Horseley Ironworks
Oldbury is a market town in the metropolitan borough of Sandwell, in the county of the West Midlands, England.It is the administrative centre of the borough. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 13,606, [2] while the 2017 population of the wider built-up area was estimated at 25,488. [3]
Following the format of Great British Railway Journeys and related series with Portillo as presenter, each episode of this series features a coastal railway journey through England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland. Series 1 was first broadcast on BBC Two in January–February 2022, series 2 in May–June 2023, and series 3 in April–May 2024. [3]
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