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	1842 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar).
		Massacre of Elphinstone's British army on the road from Kabul to Jallalabad, Afghanistan, by Akbar Khan, son of Dost Mohammed Khan
		Income Tax Act 1842 passed in the United Kingdom; 7 pence on the pound, for incomes over 150 pounds.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1842 (640 words)

	A BRIEF HISTORY OF BRITISH TRANSPORT POLICY
		The problems of transport co-ordination it presented, as well as the expansion of the role of state in general, led to the creation of the Ministry of Transport in 1919 (Bagwell, 1996, 62).
		Maybury, the Minister of Transport, objected on principle to “the placing of very important road traffic arteries in the hands of private capitalist enterprise, to be operated for profit”, although the real reason for the prohibition may have had more to do with the MoT protecting its field of operation (ibid, 193).
		In 1947 the Labour government’s Transport Act nationalised the railways and the road haulage industry (private businesses who carried their own goods were excluded) although the latter was largely returned to private ownership by the Conservatives in 1954.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /richard.wellings/history.htm (4019 words)

	First Railroads in North America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Not germane to the functional definition of a particular line of rails, and hence to questions of its classification as a railroad, are: the source of motive power, kind of material for rails and supporting ties (sleepers), varieties of things transported, or classification under law as a private or public carrier.
		One of the massive timber rails was grooved – U-shaped – and the opposite one tongued.
		Rails at first were of wood and then of granite, both topped by iron straps.
	www.cprr.org /Museum/First_US_Railroads_Gamst.html (5083 words)

	The CPS : Transport Offences
		Assaults on public transport staff in the course of their employment are a cause for concern.
		Transport and Works Act 1992: workers on railways or tramways may be prosecuted if they are unfit for work through drink or drugs.
		You should be aware that the transport legislation includes a series of offences which will not be prosecuted by CPS under Section 3(2)(a) Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.
	www.cps.gov.uk /legal/section9/chapter_d.html (2274 words)

	sh: Transport Through The Ages - Brooke Bond tea cards offered in the interest of education
		Horse drawn transport reached its zenith in the stage coach of 19th century Europe and North America.
		The stage coach remmained a dominent factor in transport until the railroads superseded it.
		Trams, that is, wheeled vehicles running on rails laid in the roadway, developed, like the railways, from the transport used in mines.
	www.whom.co.uk /squelch/transport.htm (3811 words)

	SIDE - Online Information article about SIDE
		rail rope by an endless hauling rope at an average speed of 4 to 6 m.
		These towers may be constructed either of wood or iron, and if the exigencies of the work render it desirable, they may be mounted on trolleys and rails, in which case the cableway is rendered portable, and can be moved about, sometimes a great advantage in excavating work.
		Thus the telpher is a self-propelled electric carrier running on a mono-rail, which, according to the conditions, may be a steel rail or a steel cable.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SHA_SIV/SIDE.html (5308 words)

	1842 - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		1839 1840 1841 - 1842 - 1843 1844 1845
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		You can find it there under the keyword 1842 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1842)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1842andaction=history).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/1842 (507 words)

	Network Rail - Buying land next to the railway
		Network Rail is the owner of all railway lines currently used for operating intercity and suburban trains in Great Britain.
		Those that remain in railway ownership are owned by either Network Rail or BRB (Residuary) Ltd whose property, including its lines, is listed on their website at www.brb.gov.uk/property/property_listings.
		For rights and restrictions which may affect a property, reference should be made to the property's title, although Network Rail does have statutory powers of entry onto adjoining land in circumstances where repair is required or in order to prevent an accident (s14 of the Railway Regulation Act 1842).
	www.networkrail.co.uk /aspx/3287.aspx (1150 words)

	Steam and Speed: Industry, Transport and Communications
		An experimental electric locomotive, drawing its power from a third rail, was exhibited at the Crystal Palace in London in 1882 and electric traction was subsequently used by narrow-gauge and tourist railways, tramways and underground railways.
		Over 100 locomotives were supplied to the United States before 1841, and iron and steel rails, often from rolling mills in South Wales, represented a major and long-lasting export business for British companies, to North America and other parts of the world.
		Canadian confederation in 1867 was to be followed by the binding of Canada together with rails of steel.
	www.fathom.com /course/10701037/session3.html (1547 words)

	Manchester Railway Stations
		Most rail passengers arriving at Manchester will discover that Piccadilly Station is their first taste of the city of Manchester.
		Its original iron sheds with their decorative cast iron columns was built in the 1880s, as part of the former London Road Station, as the road from which you enter the Station Approach is the old London Road.
		The rail link, together with the canal system, was instrumental in the growth of Manchester's industrial base in the 19th century.
	www.manchester2002-uk.com /transport/rail-stations.html (1107 words)

	topic:transport - Timeline - dates in British railway history
		Organisational and financial changes to British Rail as a result of the 1968 Transport Act.
		Transport Act 2000 established the Strategic Rail Authority.
		Network Rail, a Company Limited by Guarantee, replaced Railtrack as the manager of railway infrastructure.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /rastro/topic_britishrailwaystimeline.htm (774 words)

	examiner.com.au : Company confident of new rail funding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		But despite earlier suggestions that the rail system would close in a fortnight if no deal were struck, the spokesman said that services would remain as long as negotiations continued.
		Tasmania's two new Labor senators Carol Brown and Helen Polley yesterday claimed the rail and Auslink issues were unrelated and accused the Federal Government of refusing to compromise with the State Government and southern councils.
		The debt-ridden State rail service was taken over by the Federal Government in 1978 and privatised in 1997 after a review found it should be sold or shut down.
	www.examiner.com.au /story.asp?id=309536 (654 words)

	examiner.com.au : Rail problems halt transport of pine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Other rail lines are also in poor repair and have forced companies to turn to road transport, with Hobart zinc producer Zinifex using trucks to cart up to 15 per cent of its product to Bell Bay.
		Tasmania's rail union industrial officer, Rex Neil, said members had complained of tracks in poor repair and locomotive breakdowns for the past three years.
		Lloyds North contracts PNT to carry pine from Rayonier plantations to Norske Skog at Boyer in the South.
	www.examiner.com.au /story.asp?id=309106 (665 words)

	Italy by Rail: Italy train travel
		Traveling by rail is a great and economical way to get around Italy.
		Your reserved seats await, ready to transport you from Venice to Florence and Florence to Rome.
		Transportation between cities via First Class (Plan A, B or C) or Standard (Plan D) rail with reserved seats
	www.escorteditalytours.com /railjourneys/ItalybyRail.htm (1206 words)

	The Story of the G.W.R.
		When the directors of the newly formed company had approved of this route, a detailed survey of it had to be made for the purpose of presenting the scheme to Parliament and the passing of the necessary Bill.
		Early prejudices against the new method of transport were slowly vanishing: the authorities at Eton College, who had formerly regarded the railway's influence with disfavour, chartered a special train for the conveyance of their pupils.
		A contract was signed and this engineer recommenced operations by cutting off the subterranean spring which had caused the trouble; he did this by erecting large shields and pumping dry the borings.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r010.html (8069 words)

	Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996
		Section 9 of the Railway Regulation Act 1842 shall not apply to a railway authorised by this Act.
		In section 2 of the Regulation of Railways Act 1871, in the definition of the term "railway", the reference to any special Act of Parliament shall be construed as including this Act.
		For the purposes of the Railway Companies (Accounts and Returns) Act 1911, a person shall not be a railway company by virtue of working a railway authorised by this Act.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /acts/acts1996/96061--v.htm (760 words)

	Transport Evolution - Lower Ottawa Valley 1790 - 1910
		By 1810 the freight transport system in the Lower Ottawa had become quite organized.
		The transport situation was considerably eased when the Soulange Rapids, near Melocheville (south shore downstream from Cornwall), were bypassed (for the most part) with canals in 1783 - built by the British Army, of course; Col John By's first Canadian assignment was the building of canals at Soulanges in 1801.
		The route from Prescott to the interior south of Arnprior was by trail through the backwoods; Perth was founded a few years later.
	members.allstream.net /~max-com/And.Lower.Ott.Waterway.html (2772 words)

	Manchester transport
		Manchester and Greater Manchester is a large area and there are several transport option to reach the area and to travel within it.
		The original train sheds, with their decorative cast-iron columns, were built in the 1880s as part of former London Road Station. This station, dating from 1842, was the terminus of the Manchester and Birmingham railway line.
		NOTE: Single, return or season rail tickets which state 'Manchester Central Zone', Manchester CTLZ' or 'Route Metrolink' allow free travel on the Metrolink tram system in the city centre. .
	www.touruk.co.uk /manchester/manchester-transport.htm (388 words)

	Manchester Metrolink — A Brief Rail History
		A Brief Rail History is an outline of the history of railways in the Manchester area, it is set out in chronological order as far as is possible, showing the developments which lead to Metrolink.
		By 1842 there was a steeply graded branch from Middleton Junction to Oldham Werneth, extended to Oldham Mumps in 1847.
		It also allowed the shielding of the live rail against snow and dirt by a fire resistant Jarrah wood casing, which also gave some protection to railway staff working on the line.
	www.lrta.org /Manchester/Rail_history.html (2877 words)

	Top 20 Miami.com - Your Top20Guide to Miami, FL. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		She initially pressured railroad magnate Henry Flagler to expand his rail line, the Florida East Coast Railroad southward to the area, but he initially declined the offer.
		In 1894, however, Florida was struck by a terrible winter that destroyed virtually all of the citrus crop in the northern half of the state.
		Furthermore, Tri-Rail, a commuter rail system, connects the major cities and airports of the South Florida metropolitan area.
	top20miami.com (4371 words)

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		After requisitioning the horses, they will take the boats, carriages, every means of transport, until presently no one will be allowed to take even one step in all the empire." "I'm much afraid that the Nijni-Novgorod fair won't end as brilliantly as it has begun," responded the other, shaking his head.
		All these merchants had been obliged to pile up their numerous bales and chests in the hold and on the deck; and the transport of their baggage would cost them dear, for, according to the regulations, each person had only a right to twenty pounds' weight.
		It was natural that they should take the same means of transport, and that they should follow the same route to the Siberian steppes.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext99/strgf11.txt (19934 words)

	Railway Technology - Bochumer Verein Verkehrstechnik - High-Performance Wheels and Wheel Sets for Rail Transport
		Bochumer Verein Verkehrstechnik GmbH is a worldwide partner for the development and manufacture of wheel sets, wheels, rubber-cushioned wheels, wheel tyres, axles, seamless rolled rings and wheel sound absorbers.
		As one of the leading manufacturers of rolling railway material, we contribute to many large projects in long-distance and local traffic.
		In our own, highly modern research and test laboratory, we develop new materials and processes in co-operation with universities and polytechnics and with the development centres of the industry and the railway companies.
	www.railway-technology.com /contractors/bogies/bochumer (560 words)

	Institute of Railway Studies & Transport History \| readings: royalty
		Motorcars and motorbuses were in their infancy when he came to the throne, and aeroplanes, though actually in existence, were not then of practical use.
		The body of the late King George VI was brought from Sandringham to London by rail on Monday, February 11.
		London Transport rail services from 160 stations on June 2 will start as early as 3 a.m., giving a 15-min.
	www.york.ac.uk /inst/irs/irshome/features/readings/archive/royal.htm (3632 words)

	PC-RAIL Simulations - PC-Rail Simulations: Welcome! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		York was an important junction on the route to Scotland and in 1842 workshops for locomotives and carriages were built.
		As well as the Museum's vast collection of wonderful exhibits, see modern signalling in action through a live link to the IECC (signalling control centre).
		York is also the base of the Institute of Railway Studies and Transport History, a joint initiative of the National Railway Museum and the University of York?
	www.pcrail.co.uk /feature1.php (771 words)

	ST36. (Other) European Transport Policy/European Transport Policy & Projects (A-I)
		Community Action Programme for Accessible Public Transport" – Report from the Commission to the Council concerning the actions to be taken in the Community regarding the accessibility of transport to persons with reduced mobility, 26 November 1993.
		Grieco, Margaret and Jones, Peter, 1999, 'Transport Technology in an Integrating Transport: The development of European transport policy', Ashgate, Aldershot, Hampshire, ISBN 1 85972 171 0.
		'Transport demand of modes not covered by international transport statistics', Study by UITP with the European Cyclists' Federation (ECF) and the Federation of European Pedestrian Associations (FEPA), November 1997.
	www.nottingham.ac.uk /sbe/planbiblios/bibs/sustrav/refs/ST36.html (11574 words)

	ST36. (Other) European Transport Policy/European Transport Policy & Projects - (J-Z)
		Preston, John, (ede), 1999, 'The Regulation of Transport in the European Union', Ashgate, Aldershot, Hampshire, ISBN 0 7546 1034 9.
		Swedish Ministry of Transport and Communications, 1997, 'The Vision Zero and its Consequences', DS1997, Swedish Ministry of Transport and Communications.
		University of Westminster Transport Studies Group, 2004, 'Transport and Social Exclusion: a survey of the Group of Seven Nations', Study commissioned by the RAC Foundation and the FIA Foundation, February.
	www.nottingham.ac.uk /sbe/planbiblios/bibs/sustrav/refs/ST36J.html (6954 words)

	EUROVOC - Transport policy
		Resolution on transport policy and the harmonisation of social legislation
		Official Journal C 044, 14/02/1994 P. Resolution on the proposals pending before the Council on 31 October 1993 in the fields of transport and tourism for which entry into force of the Treaty on European Union will require a change in the legal base and/or a change in procedure
		Official journal NO. C 305, 16/11/1987 P. RESOLUTION on payment for the use of transport infrastructure in the framework of the common transport policy and elimination of distortions of competition by vehicle taxes, fuel taxes and road tolls
	www.ius-software.si /EUII/Eurovoc/transport_policy.htm (4267 words)

	Transport Web Directory search results
		Home » transportweb Directory » Rail Stations » Search Results
		Victoria station, in its current form, has grown from the amalgamation of two stations.
		King's Cross is the London terminus for the east coast main line.
	www.transportweb.com /directory/search.php?category=608 (171 words)

	Second-hand books - miscellaneous transport subjects
		Transport In Jersey. An historical survey of public transport facilities by rail and road in the island of Jersey 1788 - 1961.
		Octavo, 142 pages, sepia plates, 2 large folding maps, tables of transit times. Brown and cream card covers, near fine. "The primary object of this booklet is to introduce to those interested in the transport** of freight the manifold services and facilities placed by the Great Western Railway at the disposal of its customers".
		Large 4to, 154 pages, illustrated, hard back, jacket, VG. 'A tribute to the pioneers of the sugar industry in far north Queensland.' Two chapters on transport** - the mill was served by a complex tramway - and references in other chapters.
	www.roberthumm.co.uk /acatalog/Miscellany.html (2514 words)

	Transport Web Directory search results
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		Network Rail owns and manages Liverpool Lime Street station.
		The station was first opened in 1854 and has recently benefited from a major redevelopment.
	www.transportweb.com /directory/search.php?category=623 (175 words)

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