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	Stratford-Upon-Avon
		Stratford is a popular tourist destination, as the birthplace of William Shakespeare, and receives over two million visitors a year from all over the world.
		Stratford is close to the UK's second largest city, Birmingham, and is easily accessible from junction 15 of the M40 motorway.
		Stratford is also home to several institutions set up for the study of Shakespeare, including the Shakespeare Centre, which holds books and documents related to the playwright, and the Shakespeare Institute, an academic institution.
	www.stratfordonline.co.uk (595 words)

	Dates in Ottawa Railway History
		St.V. Caddy of the Department of Railways and Canals on 6-8 December 1895 and authority was given for the Canada Atlantic Railway to open the line for public traffic, subject to a 15 mph speed restriction on the last two miles into Rockland until this section could be properly ballasted.
		Incorporated as the Ontario Pacific Railway in 1882, it became the Ottawa and New York Railway in 1897.
		Railway operations had commenced the previous year and Canadian Pacific was authorized to construct a connection with the Thurso and Nation Valley in Thurso on 21 November 1925.
	www.railways.incanada.net /candate/ottawa.htm (14695 words)

	The Stratford upon Avon Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The revitalised Stratford played an important part in the change of public opinion towards the waterways, but it was on the northern Stratford that the Inland Waterways Association mounted its first major campaigning cruise and it is here too that we start our journey down the canal.
		At King's Norton the Stratford branches off from the Worcester and Birmingham Canal and a short distance from the junction we come to the disused stop lock with guillotine gates, used in the days when each of the individual canal companies jealously guarded their own water supplies.
		Robert Aickman first had his interest in waterways aroused when he decided to walk from Stratford to Mary Arden's house along the banks of the neglected canal, an interest that was later to prompt him to write to Tom Rolt and propose the setting up of the Inland Waterways Association.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/The-Stratford-upon-Avon-Canal.html (1892 words)

	Railway Companies and Contractors
		Here is a list of all British railway companies that are known to have installed mechanical signalling on their lines, together with a guide to the contractor's designs of box and frame used.
		Many railways built boxes to their own designs, and a few built their own lever frames, this is indicated by the word "own" in the appropriate column.
		Railway companies that were absorbed prior to the provision of signalling are not listed, nor are jointly operated lines unless a distinct signal box policy existed.
	www.signalbox.org /company.shtml (274 words)

	Stratford Canal
		The lower section from Lapworth to Stratford became almost disused early in this century and was almost closed in the 1950's.
		Lapworth is an interesting canal junction where a short spur connects to the Grand Union Canal which runs parallel close by.
		The final descent through the Stratford suburbs is uninspiring until you pass under a low bridge and come out amongst hordes of visitors in Stratford Basin, alongside the River Avon and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre.
	www.canaljunction.com /canal/stratford.htm (507 words)

	CULG - Docklands Light Railway
		The new Docklands Light Railway was built as cheaply as possible; for example, a minimum number of trains was purchased (11 units, with the peak service requiring 10), and automatic driving and unmanned stations were both used to reduce staffing costs.
		The Poplar to Stratford branch runs in cutting along the North London Railway alignment to Bow Church, where it merges from double to single then climbs steeply to meet the link between the National Rail LTSR and Great Eastern routes (this link was the first extension of the LandBR).
		Between Beckton Junction and Royal Albert, the present DLR alignment is south of that used by the PLA branch.
	www.davros.org /rail/culg/dockland.html (2804 words)

	Woodford Halse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However, in the late 1890s the village found itself on a major trunk route, the Great Central Railway, the last main line to be constructed from the north of England to London, opened in March 1899.
		The Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway had already closed, in April 1952; in September 1966 most of the GCR, including all the remaining lines converging on Woodford Halse, were axed.
		The population fell sharply as well, as many former railway workers and their families left the area, but new developments in recent decades have brought the population up to its present levels.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Woodford_Halse (429 words)

	Railway Stations and Church Names
		It appears that the name was given to the junction not because of any particular neighbouring landmark, but simply because of the importance of St Bede in the history of the Jarrow area.
		Shadwell station on the Docklands Light Railway (opened 1987) is on the line of the London and Blackwall Railway but some distance east of the original station.
		In 1894 a new church was opened at the junction of Springwell Road and Fountainhead Road, overlooking the second station, and the original church became a mission.
	www.sinfin.net /railways/stations/church.html (5565 words)

	Stratford Canal & R.Avon
		This is on the Lapworth flight near Kingswood junction, Stratford Canal.
		One of the shortest rings is at Lapworth where the Grand Union and Stratford canals are joined by a small arm in the shape of a triangle.
		The railway track is used for steam trains from time to time.
	freespace.virgin.net /kj.warrington/Stratford.htm (618 words)

	Dates in Canadian Railway History
		One of the conditions of Confederation was the building of a railway by the newly constituted Dominion Government to connect Halifax with the St. Lawrence at or near Quebec.
		The railway lay idle from late 1910 until July 25, 1911 when it was bought by the Canadian Northern Railway as part of its new Montreal to Ottawa line.
		Lawrence and Hudson Railway is formed by merging the CP Rail routes in southern Ontario and Quebec with its Delaware and Hudson subsidiary in northern USA.
	www.railways.incanada.net /candate/candate.htm (10516 words)

	Eagle 61 - Railway Guide books of the Eastern Counties Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The University Library is a storehouse of much to interest the railway enthusiast and, while not working hard for Tripos ten years ago, I came upon their collection of Railway Guidebooks.
		I knew the modern guides produced by the Railway Development Society, and the reprints of earlier guidebooks published by the Big Four, but the history of railway guidebooks is far longer than that.
		West from Norwich the Norwich and Brandon Railway was projected in 1843, and they merged with the Yarmouth and Norwich in 1845 to form the Norfolk Railway.
	www.cam.ac.uk /societies/curc/eagle/61/ul.htm (2187 words)

	Main Page
		After the Midland Railway took over the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway the GWR decided that it needed its own line from Birmingham to Bristol so it built a rather circuitous line that eventually linked Birmingham Snow Hill with Cheltenham via Stratford-on-Avon.
		Honeybourne to Stratford-on-Avon was opened by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway on 11th July 1859 and on to Hatton in 1861.
		Stratford on Avon is the most visited place in England after London.
	www.railwaywalks.co.uk /stratfordtolongmarston.htm (1264 words)

	Arlesdale Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The railway was saved from extinction for the second time in 1960, when the Keswick Granite Company had put it up for sale at an auction, after the closure of Beckfoot Quarry and Murthwaite Crushing Plant.
		Ivan Farrier, the Arlesdale Railway's CME, is the fictional counterpart of Ian Smith, who was the CME at the time of Northern Rock and Lady Wakefield's constructions.
		The Railway is the oldest surviving public 15" gauge railway in the world, and originally dates from 1875, with the opening of the 3 foot gauge line to Boot and Nab Gill iron mines.
	www.pegnsean.net /~railwayseries/smallrailway.htm (2056 words)

	Caerphilly Railway Society
		The main erecting shop was bought by South Wales Switchgear and railway enthusiast employess of the firm formed a Society and had the good fortune that ex-Taff Vale Railway locomotive number 28 was placed in their care for restoration.
		It was after several visits by the Railway Inspectorate that permission was finally granted to operate over the new section of track, the first passenger train to run over the extension did so on May Day 1991.
		Along with railway were lucky to find a member of the railway who was willing to sort out the restoration programme.
	bdaugherty.tripod.com /railways/caerphilly.html (2371 words)

	Roade \| British History Online
		The London and Birmingham Railway, which crosses the parish in a north-westerly direction towards its western edge, was opened in 1838 and had a station at Roade, immediately to the south of the bridge carrying the London road over the line.
		To the south-east of the main street there is a secondary cluster of older houses around the junction at which the roads to Hartwell and Ashton diverge, separated from the rest of the village until modern times by a couple of fields.
		Wesleyan Methodism came to Roade with the railway in the 1830s, when some of the navvies, after worshipping for a time at the Baptist church, where their enthusiasm was frowned on, rented a room added to the end of Yew Tree Terrace, built by one of the contractors engaged on the line, (fn.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=22790 (18744 words)

	Railway Technology - London Olympics Transport Upgrade
		The Underground, Docklands Light Railway and main line rail services are all in line for major improvements, including new lines, enhancements to current infrastructure and new rolling stock.
		The Docklands Light Railway has already opened a new extension to London City Airport from Canning Town, which is expected to play an important part in the Olympics.
		The first 24 of these trains are due to enter service on North London Railways routes – Euston-Watford, Gospel Oak-Barking and Willesden Junction-Clapham Junction – in 2009, with the remaining 20 sets destined for the East London Line on its opening in 2010.
	www.railway-technology.com /projects/london-olympics (1112 words)

	Exhibition 2004
		The Corris Railway was the first narrow gauge railway in Mid-Wales, beginning in 1859 as a 2'3'' gauge horse-hauled tram road carrying local slate.
		Solihull Model Railway Circle reserve the right to make changes to our programme and we cannot be held responsible for layout failing to arrive on the day of the exhibition.
		The narrow gauge railway was originally built at the start of the 20th Century to serve the local slate quarries in the region, though timber, and increasingly passengers formed the mainstay of traffic.
	www.electriclemon.co.uk /smrc/exhibition04.html (1294 words)

	The Railways of Canada Archives -- Railway Histories
		A five mile pole railway was built in 1905 and the railway was built in 1906.
		Dominion Coal was incorporated on 1 Feb 1893 to acquire by purchase or otherwise of all the coal mines between Sydney and Louisburg and to build railway lines and loading piers.
		In 1894 the SandL extended the former International Railway to a connection with the railway lines serving the Glace Bay and Caledonia Mines.
	www.trainweb.org /canadianrailways/Histories/history-s.htm (372 words)

	Midland & South Western Junction Railway
		The Midland and South Western Junction Railway, by Colin G. Maggs (David and Charles, 1967.
		Gloucestershire Railways in the Twenties, by Humphrey Household (Alan Sutton, 1985).
		Railways of the Cotswolds, by Colin Maggs (Peter Nicholson, 1981).
	www.swindonsotherrailway.co.uk /art.html (2126 words)

	Stratford Tourism
		The Stratford district is an excellent area to establish a business or purchase products.
		The town is centrally located in the province of Taranaki, which is centrally located between Auckland and Wellington, on the junction of State Highway 3 and 43.
		It is also on the junction of the railway lines between New Plymouth and Marton and Stratford and Taumarunui.
	www.stratfordnz.co.nz /CBD.htm (163 words)

	Railway Technology - Docklands Light Railway (DLR) - Extensions in London
		Since opening in 1987, the Docklands Light Railway has been central in the regeneration of East London, and is now a key component for the UK’s staging of the 2012 Olympic Games.
		The Beckton line could be extended to Dagenham Dock from a new junction at Gallions Reach by 2015, serving a new business and housing development on currently empty land.
		Stratford DLR station is being rebuilt for its new international interchange role.
	www.railway-technology.com /projects/docklands/index.html (1286 words)

	The Helmdon Trail
		Until the opening, the nearest railway station would have been Brackley on the Buckingham Railway, opened in May 1850, with trains to Banbury and Bletchley with onward connections to London Euston from the latter.
		From being a purely provincial line, the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway - its former title - had long harboured ambitions to bring their line south in order to carry coal to London instead of handing it over to other lines in Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire and thereby greatly increasing profits.
		Work commenced in 1894 and involved several viaducts and much in the way of earthworks to keep a reasonable maximum gradient for the locomotives, enabling the climb to be no greater than '1 in 176' south of Nottingham except for a short stretch of half a mile at '1 in 140' at Leicester.
	www.helmdon.com /trail/tier1/greatcentral.html (766 words)

	North London Line Closure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		look at the railway scene from a different angle - behind the scenes in some cases.
		Stratford (London) Station) around the end of the year, I'm planning on visiting the line around the time of closure to
		The section of line between Stratford and North Woolwich was losing money due the continuous abuse of Fare
	members.aol.com /matthewdavidcole/Woolwich-Stratford-Closure.html (448 words)

	Stratford upon Avon Canal
		By 1803 the canal had reached Kingswood Junction at Lapworth, but again work was stopped.
		In 1846 the canal was sold to the Great Western Railway, and was thus gradually starved of trade.
		The Great Western Railway Company (GWR) had blocked the canal at Bridge 2 with a steel bridge, but, in 1947, the GWR were challenged by L.T.C. Rolt (author and co-founder of the Inland Waterways Association) who insisted on the right of passage for his narrowboat "Cressy".
	www.starling101.btinternet.co.uk /canals/stratford.htm (495 words)

	History, Towcesters Railway History, giving you the railway history of Towcester
		A junction was to be made with the N and BJR near Greens Norton.
		It styled itself “the Shakespeare Route” and advertised connections with the Midland (at its western extremity at Broom Junction), the GCR and the L and NWR.
		[31] “The Stratford and Midland Junction Railway”, supra.
	www.andythompson.net /history5.htm (4943 words)

	Welcome to marston vale-iums web page
		This would then be amalgamated with the Grand Junction Railway to form London and North Western Railway.
		Bill Simpson notes, that the railway did however; slow down road development because the stagecoach companies and turnpike trusts could not compete with such low costs and invariably went bankrupt.
		There was a death of the railway line on Saturday the 22nd of July 1882 at 9:36pm.
	clutch.open.ac.uk /schools/marston-valeiums00/railways.html (829 words)

	Solihull Model Railway
		The period shown is between 1946 and 1956 which enables stock to be run either from the late GWR period or early BR Western Region era.
		The station and yards depicted are theoretically situated in a field which exists on the west side of the Stratford Road in Hockley Heath and shows what might have been if the GWR had ever extended from Dorridge.
		Whilst every care has been taken in the preparation of this website the publisher, Solihull Model Railway Circle, cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of the information contained in the website, nor for any consequence arising from such information.
	www.electriclemon.co.uk /smrc/exhibition01.html (851 words)

	Docklands Light Railway - Development Projects - Stratford International - Stations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		As part of the proposed extension, the existing North London Line platforms at Canning Town, West Ham and Stratford will be upgraded to DLR specifications.
		It is located just south of the Stratford High Street with footbridge connections to Bridge Road and Burford Road, to provide access and regeneration to surrounding areas.
		Some junction changes around Manor Road and Star Lane would be required with a small amount of land required on the corner of Star Primary School.
	developments.dlr.co.uk /extensions/stratford/stations.shtml (528 words)

	Honeybourne Line
		This is an extract from the 1964 Western Region timetable and shows the five summer extra passenger trains that were scheduled to run from Wolverhampton to the West Country via the Stratford on Avon and Cheltenham line (via Honeybourne).
		The 'Railway Observer' reported that No.5056 'Earl of Powis' had charge of the 10:05 to Ilfracombe on 8th August 1964.
		The section from Honeybourne to Toddington opened 1st August 1904, to Winchcombe 1st February 1905, to Bishop's Cleeve 1st June 1906 and Malvern Road Junction, Cheltenham 1st August 1906.
	www.miac.org.uk /stratfordline.htm (460 words)

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