Glasgow and South Western Railway

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Scottish railway company pre-grouping railway company railway company

The Glasgow and South Western Railway was a major pre-grouping Scottish railway company that operated routes in southwest Scotland and connected Glasgow with Ayrshire, Dumfries, and England.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Glasgow and South Western Railway canonical	11
Glasgow and South Western Railway network	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish railway company ⓘ pre-grouping railway company ⓘ railway company ⓘ
borderCrossingRole	link between Scotland and northwest England ⓘ
connectedCity	Carlisle ⓘ Glasgow ⓘ
connectedCountry	England ⓘ
connectedRegion	Ayrshire ⓘ
connectedToRailwayNetwork	English railway system ⓘ
connectedTown	Dumfries ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
economicRole	supporting agricultural traffic in southwest Scotland ⓘ supporting coal traffic in Ayrshire ⓘ supporting ferry connections at Stranraer ⓘ
formedBy	amalgamation of earlier Scottish railways ⓘ
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
hadHeadquartersIn	Glasgow ⓘ
historicalEra	Edwardian era ⓘ Victorian era ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
namedAfter	Glasgow ⓘ southwest Scotland ⓘ surface form: southwestern Scotland
operatedInRegion	Ayrshire ⓘ Dumfries and Galloway ⓘ southwest Scotland ⓘ
operatedRoute	Ayr–Girvan line ⓘ Ayr–Stranraer line ⓘ Dumfries–Stranraer line ⓘ surface form: Castle Douglas–Portpatrick line Dumfries–Kirkcudbright line ⓘ Dumfries–Stranraer line ⓘ Ayrshire Coast Line ⓘ surface form: Glasgow–Ayr line Glasgow–Kilmarnock–Dumfries–Carlisle line ⓘ Glasgow–Paisley–Greenock line ⓘ
preGroupingStatus	pre-1923 British railway company ⓘ
primaryTrafficType	freight traffic ⓘ passenger traffic ⓘ
railwayGroupingOutcome	absorbed into a larger railway company in 1923 ⓘ
servedPort	Ayr ⓘ Stranraer ⓘ
servedTown	Castle Douglas ⓘ Girvan ⓘ Greenock ⓘ Kilmarnock ⓘ Kirkcudbright ⓘ Paisley ⓘ Portpatrick ⓘ
usedTractionType	steam locomotives ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

London, Midland and Scottish Railway → formedByMergerOf → Glasgow and South Western Railway ⓘ

Caledonian Railway → competedWith → Glasgow and South Western Railway ⓘ

LMS → formedFrom → Glasgow and South Western Railway ⓘ

Ayrshire Coast Line → historicalComponentOf → Glasgow and South Western Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glasgow and South Western Railway network

Glasgow South Western Line → historicalOperator → Glasgow and South Western Railway ⓘ

Carlisle railway station → alsoUsedByHistoricCompany → Glasgow and South Western Railway ⓘ

Ayr railway station → formerOperator → Glasgow and South Western Railway ⓘ

Newton-on-Ayr railway station → preGroupingOperator → Glasgow and South Western Railway ⓘ

Troon railway station → openedBy → Glasgow and South Western Railway ⓘ

Stranraer railway station → historicalRailwayCompany → Glasgow and South Western Railway ⓘ

Annan railway station → preGroupingCompany → Glasgow and South Western Railway ⓘ

Kirkconnel railway station → preGroupingOperator → Glasgow and South Western Railway ⓘ