London and Birmingham Railway

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early British railway railway company

The London and Birmingham Railway was one of the earliest major trunk railways in England, linking London with the Midlands and forming a key part of the developing national rail network in the 19th century.

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Label Occurrences
London and Birmingham Railway canonical 6

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf early British railway ⓘ
railway company ⓘ
carried freight ⓘ
passengers ⓘ
chairman George Carr Glyn ⓘ
chiefEngineer Robert Stephenson ⓘ
connects Birmingham ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

London and the Midlands ⓘ
constructionBegan 1833 ⓘ
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
designedBy Robert Stephenson ⓘ
engineeringStandard set pattern for later main-line railways in Britain ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
historicalSignificance one of the earliest major trunk railways in England ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
influenced expansion of British railway network ⓘ
length about 112 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Birmingham ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Midlands, England ⓘ
surface form: Midlands
mergedInto London and North Western Railway ⓘ
notableStructure Blisworth Cutting ⓘ
Kilsby Tunnel ⓘ
Primrose Hill Tunnel ⓘ
opened 1838 ⓘ
openedSection Boxmoor to Tring ⓘ
Hemel Hempstead railway station ⓘ
surface form: London to Boxmoor (Hemel Hempstead)

Rugby to Birmingham ⓘ
Tring to Rugby ⓘ
partOf West Coast Main Line ⓘ
propulsion steam locomotives ⓘ
role key part of developing national rail network in Britain ⓘ
major trunk railway ⓘ
servedCity Birmingham ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
servedRegion Midlands ⓘ
servedTown Northampton area (via nearby route) ⓘ
Watford ⓘ
status defunct railway company ⓘ
successor London and North Western Railway ⓘ
terminus Birmingham Curzon Street railway station ⓘ
London Euston ⓘ
surface form: London Euston railway station
trackGauge 4 ft 8½ in ⓘ
trackType double track ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manchester and Birmingham Railway → connectedTo → London and Birmingham Railway ⓘ
Robert Stephenson → notableWork → London and Birmingham Railway ⓘ
Robert Stephenson → workedOn → London and Birmingham Railway ⓘ
Harrow & Wealdstone railway station → originalCompany → London and Birmingham Railway ⓘ
Bletchley railway station → originalCompany → London and Birmingham Railway ⓘ
Berkhamsted railway station → originalCompany → London and Birmingham Railway ⓘ