Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway

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defunct railway company joint railway

The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway was a historic cross-country railway in southwest England, famed for its scenic but steeply graded route linking Bath and Bournemouth.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust at Midsomer Norton 1
Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway canonical 1
Somerset and Dorset Railway 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railway company ⓘ
joint railway ⓘ
alsoKnownAs S&DJR ⓘ
Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway ⓘ
surface form: Somerset and Dorset Railway
category historical railway in England ⓘ
closedCompletely 1966 ⓘ
closedToPassengers 1966 ⓘ
closurePolicyContext Beeching cuts implementation ⓘ
surface form: Beeching cuts
country United Kingdom ⓘ
famousFor heavy holiday traffic ⓘ
scenic route ⓘ
steep gradients ⓘ
summer Saturday holiday trains ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
gradient 1 in 50 on Mendip section ⓘ
hasNotableSection Bath Green Park to Midford ⓘ
hasNotableStructure Masbury summit ⓘ
Midford Viaduct ⓘ
heritageSuccessor Shillingstone Station Project ⓘ
Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust at Midsomer Norton

West Somerset Railway ⓘ
surface form: West Somerset Railway (partial successor of connecting routes)
highestPoint Mendip Hills ⓘ
surface form: Masbury summit on Mendips
jointlyOwnedBy London and South Western Railway ⓘ
Midland Railway ⓘ
locatedIn Bath ⓘ
Bournemouth ⓘ
Dorset ⓘ
Somerset ⓘ
southwest England ⓘ
surface form: South West England
mainLineCompleted 1874 ⓘ
opened 1860s ⓘ
operatedBy British Rail ⓘ
surface form: British Railways
passesThrough Blandford Forum ⓘ
Evercreech Junction ⓘ
Mendip Hills ⓘ
Shepton Mallet ⓘ
Templecombe ⓘ
Wincanton ⓘ
primaryTraffic coal ⓘ
general goods ⓘ
holidaymakers to Bournemouth ⓘ
regionUnderBR London Midland Region ⓘ
Southern Region ⓘ
routeEnd Bournemouth ⓘ
routeStart Bath ⓘ
successorOwner London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ
Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
surface form: Southern Railway
trackConfiguration mostly single track ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

LMS → formedFrom → Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway ⓘ
Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway → alsoKnownAs → Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Somerset and Dorset Railway
Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway → heritageSuccessor → Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust at Midsomer Norton