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The Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway (N&MDR), which ran southwards to Market Drayton from a junction with the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) at Nantwich, was opened on 20 October 1863. [2] [3] [4] The new line was 10 miles 65 chains (17.4 km) long. [5] Four years later, on 16 October 1867, the Wellington and Drayton Railway (W&DR ...
The line was doubled during 1866–67, to match the Wellington and Drayton Railway which opened in October 1867, thus providing a link for the GWR between the Midlands and the Northwest. The North Staffordshire Railway line from Stoke to Market Drayton opened in January 1870, joining the line at Silverdale Junction, just north of Market Drayton.
John Lewis (1855–1926), football referee and a founder of Blackburn Rovers F.C., was born at Market Drayton; Arthur Morris (born Market Drayton 1882–1945), professional footballer, played for Shrewsbury Town and Birmingham City. Harold Emerton Edge (born Market Drayton 1892 – 1944) an English cricketer, a right-handed batsman who bowled ...
The line ran from Drayton Junction (52.7031°N 2.5317°W), on the Shrewsbury and Wellington Joint Line just west of Wellington station, to an end-on junction with the Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway at Market Drayton (52.9093°N 2.4895°W), a distance of some 16 miles. Construction started in 1864, and the line was opened in 1867.
The Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway linking the titular towns opened five years later, making the station a junction in the process – known locally as the "Gingerbread Line" (Market Drayton being renowned for the production of said confectionery), it was later extended to Wellington and officially became part of the Great Western Railway ...
Market Drayton railway station; Market Drayton Town F.C. P. Pell Wall Hall; S. St Mary's Church, Market Drayton This page was last edited on 18 November 2018, at ...
This was enabled by the Silverdale and Newcastle Railway Act 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. cxiv) and passenger services from Stoke to Newcastle began in 1862. Silverdale was reached in May 1863. [1] Meanwhile, the Great Western Railway was planning to reach Manchester and in an effort to block this, the Market Drayton extension was completed in ...
Speed is increased to 50 and jurisdiction to the S.E. dispatcher. The right track is the main, S&NA North, while the left track is the Nashville Subdivision which runs to Columbia and exchanges freight with the TSRR. The Nashville Terminal Subdivision is one of the busiest locations on the CSX network, and one of the most important. [2] [3]