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St Dennis Junction; Settle Junction railway station; Severn Bridge Junction; Shortlands railway station; Skelton Junction; Smallbrook Junction railway station; Smethwick Junction; Southcote Junction; Stourbridge Junction railway station
The Oxford Companion to British Railway History. From 1603 to the 1990s (Oxford University Press, 1997) online review; Strangleman, Tim. Work identity at the end of the line?: privatisation and culture change in the UK rail industry (Springer, 2004). Turnock, David. An historical geography of railways in Great Britain and Ireland (Routledge, 2016).
Here, the vast majority of the railway system standardised on the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm). History of rail transport in Ireland discusses the history of rail transport on the island of Ireland, comprising the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Here a system using a broad gauge of 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) developed.
A History of the Great North of Scotland Railway ((reprint of 1950 edition published by Locomotive Publishing) ed.). Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-2592-4. H.A.Vallance (June 1996). History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: Highland Railway. House of Lochar. ISBN 1-899863-07-9. Thomas, John (November 1969). The North British Railway Vol 1 ...
38 m (125 ft) high with 21 arches; it was built by the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway, taken over by the L & Y. Crosses the Dearne valley. Dent Head Viaduct: Stone House, Cumbria: 182 m (597 ft) 1875: 30.5 m (100 ft) high with 10 spans. Derrycombe Viaduct: Bodmin Parkway, Cornwall: 112 m (367 ft) 1881: Stone arch: II: 23m high ...
Crewe railway station serves the railway town of Crewe, in Cheshire, England. It opened in 1837 and is one of the most historically significant railway stations in the world. [3] [4] Crewe station is a major junction on the West Coast Main Line and serves as a rail gateway for North West England.
Earlestown is one of two triangular railway stations left in the UK, the other being Shipley in West Yorkshire The waiting room on the Liverpool-bound platform is the oldest station building in the world still in passenger service, although this is now limited to providing shelter from the rain under its canopy. [ 3 ]
Much of the assets of the Hull Barnsley and West Riding Junction Railway and Dock Company lay in Hull. [note 6] The line terminated in Hull at three main points: Alexandra Dock; for import and export of goods by sea, Cannon Street station (a goods station and also the passenger terminus), and Neptune Street goods station, the main goods terminus.