Manchester and Birmingham Railway

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defunct railway company railway company

The Manchester and Birmingham Railway was an early 19th-century British railway company that operated a key main line in northwest England before becoming part of the London and North Western Railway.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railway company ⓘ
railway company ⓘ
becamePartOf London and North Western Railway ⓘ
connectedTo Grand Junction Railway ⓘ
London and Birmingham Railway ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crosses River Mersey ⓘ
Stockport Gorge ⓘ
era early Victorian period ⓘ
formedPartOfRoute Manchester–London main line ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation Manchester ⓘ
historicalSignificance formed part of early main line network between northwest England and London ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
lineCharacter main line ⓘ
locatedIn Cheshire ⓘ
Congleton ⓘ
Derbyshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
England ⓘ
Kidsgrove ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ
Macclesfield ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ
Staffordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stockport ⓘ
northwest England ⓘ
mergedInto London and North Western Railway ⓘ
notableEngineer George W. Buck ⓘ
Robert Stephenson ⓘ
opened 1840 ⓘ
openedSection Congleton to Kidsgrove ⓘ
Macclesfield to Congleton ⓘ
Manchester to Stockport ⓘ
Stockport to Macclesfield ⓘ
partOf British railway system ⓘ
regionServed Midlands ⓘ
surface form: Midlands of England

North West England ⓘ
servedCity Manchester ⓘ
Stockport ⓘ
servedTown Congleton ⓘ
Kidsgrove ⓘ
Macclesfield ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successor London and North Western Railway ⓘ
terminus Crewe ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ
trackGauge 4 ft 8½ in ⓘ
usedStructure Stockport Viaduct ⓘ

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

Stockport Viaduct → builtFor → Manchester and Birmingham Railway ⓘ
London and North Western Railway → formedByMergerOf → Manchester and Birmingham Railway ⓘ