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Scarborough, Bridlington and West Riding Junction Railway

From Graces Guide
January 1955.

of Metal Exchange Buildings, London.

1885 and 1888 The company was incorporated to make two lines. Total length about 24 miles. One from Hunmanby to Nafferton and the other from south of Driffield to Market Weighton.

1889 Engineers are Sir Douglas Fox and Francis Fox and John Fraser and Sons[1]

1890 One line, 13.25 miles in length, was opened in December, and is to be worked in perpetuity by the North Eastern Railway.

1891 Certain portions of the line as originally contemplated were abandoned. [2]


See Also

Sources of Information

  1. 1889 Bradshaw's Railway Manual
  2. The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908