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| | Three Joint Railways |
 | | The plan of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway is simple in the extreme, the lines appearing on a railway map in the form of the letter Y. The main line runs north-west to Evercreech Junction from Broadstone Junction (Dorset), on the Southern Railway's line from Bournemouth West and Poole to Wimborne. |
 | | This railway was originally incorporated in 1865 as a concern jointly owned by the Great Northern and the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railways, the Midland coming in as a third partner shortly afterwards, in 1866. |
 | | Careful study of a railway map of England will reveal the fact that, in addition to the four great companies, there are three other main-line railways - two of a cross-country nature, and the third operating in the busy area of Manchester, Liverpool, and Chester. |
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