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Note: This category is only for stations on the island of Great Britain. It does not include stations in Northern Ireland, whose railway system is wholly separate from the railways in Great Britain. See Category:Railway stations in Northern Ireland and Rail transport in Ireland.
The 1920s also saw the introduction of the GWR's most famous locomotives – the Castle and King classes developed by C. B. Collett. The 1930s brought hard times, and the records set by the Castles and Kings were surpassed by other companies, but the company remained in relatively good financial health despite the Depression .
The history of rail transport in Great Britain 1830–1922 covers the period between the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR), and the Grouping, the amalgamation of almost all of Britain's many railway companies into the Big Four by the Railways Act 1921. The inaugural journey of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, by A.B ...
The 1920 Tube Stock consisted of forty cars built by Cammell Laird in Nottingham, England.These cars were the first new tube cars to be built with air operated doors. The batch consisted of twenty trailer and twenty control trailer cars, which were formed into six-car trains by the addition of twenty French motor cars built in 1906 and modified for air-door operation.
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April 16 – Alan Pegler, British railway preservationist (died 2012). April 17 – James B. McCahey, Jr. , president of Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad (died 1998). [ 7 ]
Note: This category is only for stations on the island of Great Britain. It does not include stations in Northern Ireland, whose railway system is wholly separate from the railways in Great Britain. See Category:Railway stations in Northern Ireland and Rail transport in Ireland.
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.