Opened
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Name of Railway
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What became of it
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1798
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Llandegai Tramway
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1802 >> Penrhyn Quarry Railway
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1802
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Merthyr Tramroad
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1804 Trevithick's steam engine trial
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1802
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Penrhyn Quarry Railway
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1962 Closed
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1803
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Surrey Iron Railway
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1805 >> Croydon, Merstham and Godstone Iron Railway
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1804
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Swansea and Mumbles Railway
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Aka as Oystermouth Railway
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1805
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Croydon, Merstham and Godstone Iron Railway
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1938 Closed
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1806
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Carmarthenshire Railway
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1875 Replaced by the Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway
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1810
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Gloucester and Cheltenham Railway
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1836 >> Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway
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1812
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Middleton Colliery Railway
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First steam locomotive was Salamanca
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1812
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Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
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1899 >> Glasgow and South Western Railway
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1813
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Wylam Colliery
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1813
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Severn and Wye Railway
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1893 >> Midland Railway and Great Western Railway
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1814
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Killingworth Colliery
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1814
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Llanvihangel Railway
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1846 >> Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway
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1815
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Radstock Tramway
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1818/19
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Grosmont Railway
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1846 >> Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway
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1819
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Mansfield and Pinxton Railway
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1847 >> Midland Railway
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1822
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Hetton Colliery Railway
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1823
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Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway
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1883 >> Parts sold to Princetown Railway and London and South Western Railway
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1825
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Stockton and Darlington Railway
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1863 >> North Eastern Railway
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1826
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Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
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1848 >> Monkland Railways
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1826
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Stratford and Moreton Tramway
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1868 >> Great Western Railway
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1828
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Ballochney Railway
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1848 >> Monkland Railways
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1829
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Bolton and Leigh Railway
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1845 >> Grand Junction Railway
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1829
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Shutt End Railway
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aka Pensnett Railway
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1829
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Hereford Railway
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1846 >> Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway
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1830
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Liverpool and Manchester Railway
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1845 >> Grand Junction Railway
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1830
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Canterbury and Whitstable Railway
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1844 >> South Eastern Railway
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1831
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Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway
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1862/87 >> Caledonian Railway
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1831
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Warrington and Newton Railway
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1838 >> Grand Junction Railway
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1831
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Cromford and High Peak Railway
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1887 >> London and North Western Railway
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1831
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Kenyon and Leigh Railway
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1845 >> Grand Junction Railway
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1831
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Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway
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1845 >> North British Railway
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1832
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Leicester and Swannington Railway
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1845 >> Midland Railway
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1833
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St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap Railway
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1864 >> London and North Western Railway
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1833
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Clarence Railway
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1852 >> West Hartlepool Railway
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1834
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Leeds and Selby Railway
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1854 >> North Eastern Railway
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1834
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Stanhope and Tyne Railway
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1841 >> Pontop and South Shields Railway
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1834
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Hull and Selby Railway
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1854 >> North Eastern Railway
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1834
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Dublin and Kingstown Railway
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1836
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London and Greenwich Railway
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1845 >> South Eastern Railway
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1836
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Durham and Sunderland Railway
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1847 >> Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway
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1837
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Grand Junction Railway
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1846 >> London and North Western Railway
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1837
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London and Birmingham Railway
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1846 >> London and North Western Railway
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1838
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London and Southampton Railway
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1839 >> London and South Western Railway
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1838
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Durham Junction Railway
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1844 >> Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway
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1838
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Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway
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1846 >> Manchester and Leeds Railway
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1838
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Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
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1862 >> North Eastern Railway
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1838
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North Union Railway
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1846 >> Grand Junction Railway
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1838
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Sheffield and Rotherham Railway
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1845 >> Midland Railway
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1838
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Birmingham, Bristol and Thames Junction Railway
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1844 >> West London Railway
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1839
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Manchester and Leeds Railway
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1847 >> Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
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1839
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Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway
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1844 >> Midland Railway
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1839
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York and North Midland Railway
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1854 >> North Eastern Railway
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1839
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Great Western Railway
|
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1839
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Midland Counties Railway
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1844 >> Midland Railway
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1839
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London and Croydon Railway
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1846 >> London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
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1839
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London and South Western Railway
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1923 >> Southern Railway
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1839
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Ulster Railway
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1876 >> Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
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1839
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Eastern Counties Railway
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1902 >> Great Eastern Railway
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1839
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Brandling Junction Railway
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1844 >> Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway
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1839
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Newcastle and North Shields Railway
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1845 >> Newcastle and Berwick Railway
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1839
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York and North Midland Railway
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1854 >> North Eastern Railway
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1839
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London and Blackwall Railway
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1923 >> London and North Eastern Railway
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1840
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North Midland Railway
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1844 >> Midland Railway
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1840
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Slamannan Railway
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1848 >> Monkland Railways
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1840
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Birmingham and Gloucester Railway
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1845 >> Birmingham and Bristol Railway
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1840
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Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway
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1844 >> Great Western Railway
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1840
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Chester and Birkenhead Railway
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1847 >> Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway
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1840
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Chester and Crewe Railway
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1840 >> Grand Junction Railway
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1840
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Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway
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1859 >> Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
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1840
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Manchester and Birmingham Railway
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1846 >> London and North Western Railway
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1840
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Northern and Eastern Railway
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1902 >> Great Eastern Railway
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1840
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Preston and Wyre Joint Railway
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1923 >> London, Midland and Scottish Railway
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1840
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Taff Vale Railway
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1923 >> Great Western Railway
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1840
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Stockton and Hartlepool Railway
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1852 >> West Hartlepool Railway
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1841
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London and Brighton Railway
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1846 >> London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
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1841
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South Eastern Railway
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1841
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Bolton and Preston Railway
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1844 >> Northern Union Railway
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1841
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Great North of England Railway
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1846 >> Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway
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1841
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Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
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1847 >> Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
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1844
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Midland Railway
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1923 >> London, Midland and Scottish Railway
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1844
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Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway
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1846 >> York and Newcastle Railway
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1844
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North British Railway
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1923 >> London and North Eastern Railway
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1844
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Dublin and Drogheda Railway
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1875 >> Northern Railway of Ireland
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1844
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West London Railway
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1923 >> Great Western Railway and London, Midland and Scottish Railway
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1845
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Brighton and Chichester Railway
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1846 >> London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
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1845
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Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway
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1849 >> Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
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1845
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Birmingham and Bristol Railway
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1846 >> Midland Railway
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1845
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Maryport and Carlisle Railway
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1923 >> London, Midland and Scottish Railway
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1846
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London and North Western Railway
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1923 >> London, Midland and Scottish Railway
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1846
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Brighton Lewes and Hastings Railway
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1846 >> London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
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1846
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Croydon and Epsom Railway
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1846 >> London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
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1846
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London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
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1923 >> Southern Railway
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1846
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North British Railway
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1923 >> London and North Eastern Railway
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1846
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Great North of Scotland Railway
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1923 >> London and North Eastern Railway
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1846
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Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway
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1860 >> West Midland Railway
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1846
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Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
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1879 >> London and North Western Railway
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1846
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South Devon Railway
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1876 >> Great Western Railway
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1846
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Eastern Union Railway
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1862 >> Great Eastern Railway
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1847
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York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway
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1854 >> North Eastern Railway
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1847
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Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
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1922 >> London and North Western Railway
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1847
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Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
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1897 >> Great Central Railway
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1847
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Newcastle and Berwick Railway
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1847 >> York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway
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1847
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York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway
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1854 >> North Eastern Railway
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1848
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Monkland Railways
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1865 >> Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
|
1848
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Great Northern Railway
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1823 >> London and North Eastern Railway
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1848
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Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway
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1859 >> Birkenhead Railway
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1849
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Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway
|
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1849
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Leeds Northern Railway
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1854 >> North Eastern Railway
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1849
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Edinburgh and Hawick Railway
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1923 >> London and North Eastern Railway
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1850
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East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway
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1853 >> North London Railway
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1850
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Glasgow and South Western Railway
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1923 >> London, Midland and Scottish Railway
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1850
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Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
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1860 >> West Midland Railway
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1852
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West Hartlepool Railway
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1865 >> North Eastern Railway
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1853
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Malton and Driffield Railway
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1854 >> North Eastern Railway
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1853
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North London Railway
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1908 >> London and North Western Railway
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1854
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North Eastern Railway
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1923 >> London and North Eastern Railway
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1854
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Halesworth, Beccles and Haddiscoe Railway
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1854 >> East Suffolk Railway
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1858
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East Kent Railway
|
1859 >> London, Chatham and Dover Railway
|
1859
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London, Chatham and Dover Railway
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1923 >> Southern Railway
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1859
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Llanidloes and Newtown Railway
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1864 >> Cambrian Railways
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1859
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Birkenhead Railway
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1861 >> Great Western Railway and London and North Eastern Railway
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1859
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East Suffolk Railway
|
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1860
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Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
|
1903 >> Midland Railway
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1861
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South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway
|
|
1861
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Oswestry and Newtown Railway
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1864 >> Cambrian Railways
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1861
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Worcester and Hereford Railway
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1860 >> West Midland Railway
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1862
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Great Eastern Railway
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1923 >> London and North Eastern Railway
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1862
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Irish North Western Railway
|
1876 >> Great Northern Railway (Ireland).
|
1863
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Oswestry, Ellesmere and Welshpool Railway
|
1864 >> Cambrian Railways
|
1863
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Newtown and Machynlleth Railway
|
1864 >> Cambrian Railways
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1863
|
Metropolitan Railway
|
1933 >> London Passenger Transport Board
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1863
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Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway
|
1865 >> Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
|
1864
|
Cambrian Railways
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1923 >> Great Western Railway
|
1864
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District Railway
|
1933 >> London Passenger Transport Board
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1865
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Highland Railway
|
1923 >> London, Midland and Scottish Railway
|
1873
|
Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway
|
1877 >> North British Railway
|
1875
|
Northern Railway of Ireland
|
1876 >> Great Northern Railway (Ireland).
|
1876
|
Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
|
|
1884
|
Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway
|
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1897
|
Great Central Railway
|
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