The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-02 00:00:00

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NEW RAILWAY BILLS.
iTuesday being the last day allowed by the Aet of
Parliament for depositing plans and sections of mew lines
for which it is intended to apply to Parliament during
the present session for Acts, several plans and sections
were deposited at the Office of the Railway Commis-
sioners at the Board of Trade, Whitehall. The matjority
of the plans and sections, however, were lodged at dif-
ferent periods during the month, consequently there was
none of that confusion and excitement which charac-
terised the 30th of November, 1845 and 1846.
The following is a list of the companies who hare de-
posited their plans and sections
Bristol and Exeter—
Taunton and Castlecarey branch.
Branch from Bleadon to Wells, Glastonbury, and
Street.
Purchase of Glastonbury Navigation and Canal.
Bristol and South Wales--
Discolution Bill.
Birmingham and Oxford Junction—
Deviation from Leamington to Warwick.
Purchase of Stratford-upon-Avon Canal.
Cornwall—
Powers to allow the Great Western, Bristol, and
Exeter, and South Devon Railway Companies to
subscribe capital.
Clarence—
Amalgamation with the Leeds and Thirsk.
Chester and Holyhead—
Power for London and North-Westeru to subscribe
capital.
Power to use steam-boats.
Direct London and Portsmouth—
To alter and repeal former Acts.
Exeter and Crediton, Taw Vale and Dock, and Bodtain
and Weybridge—
Exeter and Cowley-bridge Junction.
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester.
Exeter and Exmouth—
Amendment Acts.
Eastern Counties—
Extension to the East and West India Docks.
Amendment Acts.
Extension to Epping.
Enlargement of London and Stratford stations.
Branch from Charleston to Basingbourne.
Ilford, Tilbury Fort, and Southend, with a branch from
Vange to Battle-bridge.
Branch to Royston and Hitchen.
Extension of time for purchase of land.
East Lincolnshire—
Grimsby branch.
East Anglian : Huntingdon and Ely—
Extension of time.
Fleetwood, Preston, and West Biding—
Branches to Barnsley and Colliery.
Great Northern—
Extension to the Isle of Axholme.
Enlargement of Boston and Lincoln stations.
Great Western—
Extension of Berks and Rants Railway from Hunger.
ford to Westbury, with branch to Devises.
Branch from Slough to Windsor.
Oxford and Rugby line.
Loop line from Birmingham and Oxford Junction
through Leamington.
To confer additional powers with reference to the
agreement for the purchase of the Birmingham and
Oxford Junction and the Birmingham and Wolver-
hampton and Dudley Railways.
Great Western of Bengal—
Dissolution and transfer of powers to the East Indian
Railway Company.
Kendal and Windermere—
Power to raise additional capital.
London and Blackwell—
Branch to St. Katharine's and the London Docks.
London and Brighton and South Coast—
Enlargement of London-bridge and New-cross stations.
Extension of time for the Littlehampton and Steyning
Branches.
Authority to subscribe to the Direct London and Porte-
mouth Line.
Lewes and Uckfield—
Lowestoft Railway and Harbour—
Enlarge Acts.
Leeds Central Station.
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester--
Branch to Ossett.
Enlargement of Dewsbury and Morley stations.
Leeds and Thirsk—
Branch to Northallerton and junction with the York
and Newcastle line.
Branch to Harrowgate and Pateley.
Alteration of levels.
Junction with the Stockton and Darlington line.
London and South-Western—
Amendment Acts, deviations, and new works.
Southampton and Dorchester amalgamation.
Exeter and Crediton, Taw Vale and Dock, and
en Bomd-
in
ts and Waybridge Railway Companies—arrange-
.
Llantwit Vardre--
Junction with the Taff Vale.
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Junction—
Sale or lease of line to the York and Newcastle and
Berwick Railway, the Lancashire and North York-
shire Railway, or the East Lancashire Railway
Company.
Abandonment of the line and dissolution of the com-
pany.
Extension of time for the purchase of land and con-
struction of line.
Burnley branch, junction with the Bedale branch of
the York, Newcastle, at,d Berwick line.
Midland, Gloucester. and Srunehoo‘n J,,,,,a;,.1.
Blunch to Ripley and branches therefrom to Derby.
Widening line at Derby.
Enlargement of Derby and Burton stations.
Junction line to Long Eaton, Masborough, and
Bullwell.
Branch to Cinder-hill Colliery.
Branch near Wallingborough.
Manchester and Southampton--
Line from Andover to Cheltenham, to join the Mid-
land Railway, with a connecting line to the Great
Western Railway at Swindon, with powers to the
Midland Railway to subscribe towards such under-
takinz.
Manchester—
South Junction and Altrinchana—Extension of Man-
chester station.
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire—
Purchase of Sheffield Canal.
Enlargement of Sheffield station.
Branch to the Sheffield Canal.
Humber Flats Improvement.
Junction line to Harborough.
Junction with the Bridlington line, via Barnsley, and
branches therefrom.
Purchase of Ashton Canal.
Enlargement of Manchester station.
Enlargement of Staleybridge station.
Amendment Acts.
Branch to Bagaworth.
Extension to Buxton.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire—
Extension to Blackwall-mill.
Extension to Stockport.
Grimshy Pilotage.
Monmouth and Hereford—
Extension of time for completion of works.
North Western—
Diversion of line at Skipton, Carte, and Sedburg.
Branches and Extensions from the main line to the
Birmingham and Oxford Junction at Leamington,
and from the Coventry and Nuneaton line of the
North-Western to the Mount Pleasant Collieries.
A Branch to the Cra Collieries.
New approach road to Tam worth.
Enlargement of Rugby station.
Power to hold shares in the Caledonian and Chester
and Holyhead Railways.
North British—
Increase of capital.
No. 2, new works.
Northern Counties Union—
Amendment of Acts.
Deviation of line.
Deviation of Thirsk and Clifton line.
Deviation of Auckland and Tabery line,
Newcastle and Carlisle--
Alteration of branches.
North Staffordshire--
Branch to Ashbourne.
Approaches to Congleton.
Deviations at Willington.
Norfolk—
Reedham and Disc branch.
Extension.
Newmarket--
Extension from Chesterford to Royston to Join the
Royston and Hitchen Railway.
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton—
Extension of time.
Increase of capital.
Enlargement of powers of Great Western Railway to
subscribe and guarantee interest.
Deviation of line. ,
Birmingham, and Dudley Rail.
way to contribute make line.
Power to I
aSdia rGreat
uirlat3o,
stern Docks—
FrowcTrthtoalease to Great Western, Bristol and Exettr,
and South Devon Railways.
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate—
Branch to London and South •Western Railway.
the purchase
Opening of line for public traffic.
time
efor
aasendof Dorking.l land and
Extensionmakin o f
making of
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line
ne between
Reading approaches.
To stop up road at Sonning.
Southampton and Dorchester—
Blandford Branch.
Salisbury and Yeovil—
'Po lease to Exeter, Yeovil, and Salisbury.
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole—
Extensions to Dodsworth and Penistone.
SQuth Wales—
Extension.
Shropshire Union Railway and Canal.
Taw Vale—.
Re-introduced Bill.
Whitehaven and Furness—
Exten-ion of time for purchase of land and deviation
of line.
Branch to Whitehaven-harbour.
purchase Pile-pier and Fames
Powers to lease or
Railway.
the line to the Lancashire and
Powers to lease or sell
Preston and V% yre, the Whitehaven
Yorkshire, the
Furness Bathroy.
Junction, the North-Western, or
Whitehaven Junction—
e.
Extension to
Whitehaven Harbour.
Wilts,
Somers( t, and Weymouth--
Extension of time for making line and purchase et
laud.
Windsor, Staines, and South-Western--
To enable South-Western to subscribe capita