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The Waverley Route was a railway line that ran south from Edinburgh, through Midlothian and the Scottish Borders, to Carlisle.The line was built by the North British Railway; the stretch from Edinburgh to Hawick opened in 1849 and the remainder to Carlisle opened in 1862.
They are named for Dr. Richard Beeching, then-chair of the British Railways Board and the author of two reports – The Reshaping of British Railways (1963) and The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes (1965) – that outlined the necessity [citation needed] of improving the efficiency of the railways and the plan for achieving this ...
The Bumble Hole line was a short railway located in Central England.It opened in 1878 to give Dudley a direct railway link with Old Hill, over a distance of three miles.It was used as a connection between Dudley town and Snow Hill, and was dual track all of the way, to allow its inclusion into a mainline route.
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 ...
The North British Railway was expansive, and was happy to take over the local line, and the result was the North British and Border Counties Railways Amalgamation Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. cxcv), passed on 13 August 1860; the capital for the BCR lines was increased to £350,000, and the act regularised the use by BCR trains of Hexham station ...
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.
Carried the first train on the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, and is the oldest railway bridge in continuous use in the world: Skew Bridge, Bath: Bath, Somerset: 48.76 m (160.0 ft) 1840; rebuilt 1878: Wrought iron truss: II: Carries Great Western Main Line west from Bath Spa station across the River Avon. Originally built by ...
Great Western Railway: 1985 Aberthaw High Level: Barry Railway: 1964 Aberthaw Low Level: Taff Vale Railway: 1930 Aberthin Platform: Taff Vale Railway: 1920 Abertillery (1st) GWR: 1893 Abertillery (2nd) GWR: 1962 Abertridwr: Rhymney Railway: 1964 Abertysswg: Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway: 1930 Aberystwyth (Vale of Rheidol Railway ...
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