Glasgow and South Western Railway

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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.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish railway company
pre-grouping railway company
railway company
borderCrossingRole link between Scotland and northwest England
connectedCity Carlisle
Glasgow NERFINISHED
connectedCountry England NERFINISHED
connectedRegion Ayrshire NERFINISHED
connectedToRailwayNetwork English railway system
connectedTown Dumfries NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
historicalEra Edwardian era
Victorian era
languageOfName English
namedAfter Glasgow NERFINISHED
southwestern Scotland NERFINISHED
operatedInRegion Ayrshire NERFINISHED
Dumfries and Galloway NERFINISHED
southwest Scotland
operatedRoute Ayr–Girvan line NERFINISHED
Ayr–Stranraer line NERFINISHED
Castle Douglas–Portpatrick line NERFINISHED
Dumfries–Kirkcudbright line
Dumfries–Stranraer line NERFINISHED
Glasgow–Ayr line NERFINISHED
Glasgow–Kilmarnock–Dumfries–Carlisle line NERFINISHED
Glasgow–Paisley–Greenock line NERFINISHED
preGroupingStatus pre-1923 British railway company
primaryTrafficType freight traffic
passenger traffic
railwayGroupingOutcome absorbed into a larger railway company in 1923
servedPort Ayr NERFINISHED
Stranraer
servedTown Castle Douglas
Girvan NERFINISHED
Greenock NERFINISHED
Kilmarnock NERFINISHED
Kirkcudbright NERFINISHED
Paisley NERFINISHED
Portpatrick NERFINISHED
usedTractionType steam locomotives

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