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By 1923 there were some nine major railways operating in England and five in Scotland. In addition there were smaller companies, such as the Cambrian Railways and the many South Wales lines; the Furness and Hull and Barnsley Railways in England; and many much smaller lines. A brief note about each of the larger companies will illustrate how ...
This list is for railway lines across Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which are now abandoned, closed, dismantled or disused. Within the United Kingdom, examples exist of opened railways which formerly constituted cross-country main trunk lines as well as many more which served more local, or exclusively industrial, needs.
The Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway was a railway line that was in operation from 1 November 1853 to 7 July 1985. The railway was created by an act of Parliament, the Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. lxxi), on 3 July 1851 [1] to build a line between Timperley Junction on the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR), to provide a ...
Frith's The Railway Station, 1862 depiction of Paddington railway station in London. In 1830, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened. [21] Being the world's first inter-city passenger railway and the first to have 'scheduled' services, terminal stations and services as we know them today, it set the pattern for modern railways.
The Scarborough and Whitby Railway was a railway line from Scarborough to Whitby in North Yorkshire, England. The line followed a difficult but scenic route along the North Yorkshire coast. The line opened in 1885 and closed in 1965 as part of the Beeching Axe. The route, now a multi-use path, is known as "The Cinder Track". [1]
The first line to obtain such an act, the Middleton Railway Act 1757 (31 Geo. 2 c. 22 Pr.), was a private coal-owner's wagonway, the Middleton Railway in Leeds. [6] The first for public use, and on cast iron rails, was the Lake Lock Rail Road formed in 1796 and opened in 1798.
Carries the main line railway across the Firth of Tay: Tees railway viaduct: Barnard Castle: 223 m (732 ft) 1860: Carried the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway over the River Tees. Demolished 1971: Telescopic Bridge, Bridgwater: Bridgwater, Somerset: Bascule bridge: II* Carried railway over the River Parrett. Now a footbridge. Thornton ...
The 16 miles 66 chains (27.1 km) extension of the line from Loftus to Whitby Town railway station, was authorised by an act of Parliament, the Whitby, Redcar, and Middlesborough Union Railway Act 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. c. cxcv) in 1866, with the majority of construction carried out under John Dickson between 1871 and 1886. [4]