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The guide was first published in 1853 [2] by William Tweedie of 337 Strand, London, under the title The ABC or Alphabetical Railway Guide.It had the subtitle: How and when you can go from London to the different stations in Great Britain, and return; together with the fares, distances, population, and the cab fares from the different stations.
Gated level crossings were mandatory from 1839, but initial rules were for the gates to be ordinarily kept closed across the highway. [6] The original form of road level crossing on British railways dates from 1842 onwards, [6] [7] it consisted of two or four wooden gates (one or two on each side of the railway). When open to road traffic, the ...
A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, [1] as opposed to the railway line or the road etc. crossing over or under using an overpass or tunnel.
Accidents at railway level crossings remain a very serious concern, such as when a truck entered a level crossing and collided with the Taroko Express in Jan 17, 2012. The Taiwan Railway Administration alone has hundreds of level crossings along its routes of slightly more than 1,100 kilometres (680 mi). On average, there is a level crossing ...
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A diamond crossing between 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge and 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in), broad gauge exists at Ararat in Victoria, Australia [citation needed]. At Porthmadog , in the United Kingdom , there is a flat-crossing between the single track standard gauge Cambrian Line and the narrow-gauge Welsh Highland Railway ( 1 ft 11 + 1 ...
Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-Book for Travellers in Belgium, 1856 Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide, 1891 Bradshaw's Handbook for Tourists in Great Britain and Ireland, 1882. Bradshaw's was a series of railway timetables and travel guide books published by W.J. Adams and later Henry Blacklock, both of London.
The Manchester & Leeds Railway took over the running on 9 July 1847, on which day the latter company changed its name to the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (LYR). [2] The LYR operated the station for the next 75 years before it was absorbed into the London & North Western Railway on 1 January 1922 and the joint company became a major ...