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London, England, 1841-07-09 00:00:00

STATIONS

STATIONS.

Rotherham
Brightside

14ofines
Sheffield

Slamannan Stalluray thi
Is a small Railway in the county of Stirling, runniog• '6finGl°.
north branch of Ballochney Railway to the Edinburgh indh, dig'
gow Union Canal at Causeway
trict abounding in iron, stone, and coal, and the land& pro'
through whose estate this Railway was to pass Pre6ented.„,red tO,
the
Railway Company such portions of the land as they g 0
the lineway is . The
fourn le
feet gth is:x is aboncises.e ut on mile and a halt Trre
bc
The number of bridie-1
4 Capital 135,000 End. Its course is throuPtietors
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South Eastern Railway. orthern
This Railway is the line of communication with the a o,lh--
al
coast of France. Leaving the Brighton Railway at 111dhlete
it ruts through the Weald of Kent to Dover. Its leng:A 2.1"
iunc.ion with the Brighton Railway is sixty-six miles 7e, for
and from the terminus at Tooley-street .eighty.seven oorraw
three chains; the gage Is the same as the Brighton, Cr?; 112. e
Greetfwich Railways, viz., four feet, eight and a.half toe"; 195.5,'
Act of Incorporation received the Req al Assent 21st of Jun 501'
The capital is 1,850,000/. ; the number of shares 28,°13.1 esseto
This line is a magnificent specimen of British skill 3,"-istist Isc;
Napoleon boasted of h is route over the Simplon as the rtoogh (".-
complistunent of modern engineering, but the tunnel t"A the ",
0
Shakspeare Cliff, the sea wall odjeining this tunnels anif tha
rious excavations along the coast for this line of railway'
not surpass, are equal to any of the engineering mks °I is Orli;
or any other man or nation. The Shakspeare Tonne' -,o7ol''''
through the Chalk Cliff for a length of 1,430 yard,. t,htes gail°l
Cliff Tunnel 2,200 yards, the Tower Tunnel 616.
is yet unfinished.
South Western Raihs7a3r. the
This Railway was projected by Mr. Giles in 82,,Iblocvat 301:
for carryinwon M.: present Hue did t obtain the • ul
until the year 1834. Mr. Giles Stiperintended the works %pier(
year 1837, when he resigned in favour of Mr. Locke, the e jos
of the Grand Junction Railwatho
y. The origir al intentiollb
carry the line direct from London to Portsmouth' ciu frcia
)pposition of the Portsmouth people caused a diver: but „'
the direct course; they have since seen their elle",teoul'";
is now too late. Instead of a principal line to 11e1:,
the •Gosport branch is only an auxiliary to the ma'n'ia; rti -
113
!he passing of the Act empowering the continuation to "!io.sY '
the ,' I '
Directors have very foolishly the of
the South Western Railway. Ever changedy
one knew the tertrih% bears
of the Southamptoe Railway, but the name the Railwal feree
is, what the Railway is not, unless the arricre pensee of to
t of e
tors be that the present Railway will hereafter forma Pstriorl
great south-western communication to Cornwall. set.„glsrl";
must soon b; come the packet station of the south of Tor,ecso.
and the completion of the magnificent docks now inroste
o
there, in spite of official jobbing, will c..use the he Solt;
packets to make this port. When this event hapeelo,i, ',e
ampton Railway will be a very profitable undertaking• July,iii
the incorporation of this Company passed on the .25th
iO,OOO/.
The capital authorised to be raised by this Act Wag I,(llbecoOdAcil
501., shares, arid an additional sum,by loan, of 330,0001. A thegt.l
was passed in 1837, which received the Royal :Assent on
espit;
of June, and empowered the Company to raise an additic f 1659,. f
of 400,0001., and by loan, 130,0001. In the Session °coca
third Act was passed, enabling the Company to
the purpose of constructing the branch to Gosport. ~esa shsl7,
of original shares of 501. each is 20,000, and of:'perilege,
of 25/. each 16,000; the latter having the oic
shares I too;
with regard to dividends as the original
which there are 6,000 50/. shares in the 6°'Pfs' roof
so that the whole number of shares is 42,00e.t
are two tunnels. at Popham; 600 feet long, 25,f;ete,ripelir,:e
feet high ; one at Walter's Ash, 1,500 feet long• go ei.;ier
nel, 600 feet long, 25 feet wide, 22 feet high ; the gage
31
way is 4 feet 81 inches. The entrance to the Rai"Tito,
Elms, is raise eft 000trer
tb
a very great elevation, designed 193 f Sr' '1
architect of the New Royal Exchange. coo° o.
"The advantages proposed by this Railway are steer, noliY
to prove beneficial to the public and profitable to its
not
likl
shareholders. The line has favourable levels, and It, otll'ei!,
ever to be superseded by any peting line. Al nietf°P°ol):l
forms a communication betweepcom the two millions of tine es;
-IA
and their resorts of pleasure in the valley of the .1.
evut
er.fut
this is no precarious source of income, but vile which the'n tho
lucrative while the innate English sympathy for ted
so,
exists, and it is little likely that scenes consecration
songs of our poets for centuries can by all 5u ter°atl
lution of taste lose their attraction. To its south of of 0-01.
it is again the road of pleasure.seekers to Jushasire 10° re
most frequented watering-places ;to the scenery of
Wight, Guernsey, and Jersey, and to the whole oft .tle,
France. Nor arc its commercial prospects less ; the e
manufacturing districts of the Mole, the Wandle, at% Su Sus'
the outlets of the agricultural riches of the sou
„, sod et tor
and it commands the whole of West Surrey to :nes
sex. By turning round at a right angle the '1;;0,g
Hampshire,_ it affords a communication to
district oaf
of England -, and proceeds through a which no'
important in agricultute to Southampton, fs the sett
an admirable commercial position. This town.
er sone,.
to
tural colleague of Havre, the port of Paris, of the rassedroie
the seat of the French American trade. 14- law „Oa). to
French Chamber to authorise the formation of 3 dootak to
Havre to Paris, which cannot fail to afford greater
_n tirpcsix,
Southampton. The present coach traffic is seventec,
thirteen the coach traffic between London and Liverpool'
South. Wester's Railway Guide.
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STATIONS.
Ninepins. Wincbfield.
Wandsworth. Hartley Row.
Wimbledon. Basingstoke.
Kingston. Popham. Wel!'
Ditton Marsh. Andover Ana'licbc .,
Walton Winchester.
5..,
tom -:111 1
W 1"1
"%Vey bridge.Waking.So
Fanborough. TwuYthibarmd.P
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* Wishaw's Railways of Great Britain. too.
t Being used by the Exeter coaches as far as BOOS' - 4
Stockton and Darlington IgaillealcoveY"
This Railway was constructed for the purre'e °f "hc 61'1
coals from the great coal-field to the ports of
Act was obtained in 1821 ; the second in ]S=he' foinfonl„:
1824; the fourth in 1828. The capital of - is l"-:
280,000/ ; the shares are 1,000 of 1001. each. Thencoretic,,,
feet eight and a half ii ches. Upon this Railway th` n. esilY '-
trat
engine was first extensively tried. The number of
each direction is six—three first-class and three luggage
shipmentt.he :bird 1.0

iidield°lenstorough
STATIONS.
Stockton Wire A ilid3rl •
Runs out Darlington.
.f tStocktonheclaClarence
engdailti
wars y
,tla: pd ot
terminates
i at
sßailway a n
opicaj:
t the tide .
s.
coals to Hartlepool.
hour,iniocnhesll. arit,lheipscloiln.e 'w.riliS Railway was completed
to Parliament Its length is 81 rniles; the gage ice V"
collVe)a'
withOtit 4 (04 8.
as constructed mainly for the -
Whitby and Pickering 32allWal gag
Is worked entirely by horses; its length is .24 Oile'; ibe
is 4 feet 8i inches; the capital is 135,000/. • .
York and North Midland Stallvial •01
d 11 it
4
Commences at the Altoft station of the North gidl3n, roes. .1.
and terminates at York. The length of the line is 12541, ere
short distance from Castleford station is Towton Ficiu,_,,roes7.9'
battle was fought on Palm Sunday, 1641, between thel:condict,
York and Lancaster. 108,660 men were eDgaged in l
and 36,776 were killed in the battle. The stations sre--
Altoft Sherburne
Castletord lilleskelfe
Burton Salmon Bolton Percy . _
Millorck
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