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
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|
| connectedCity |
Carlisle
→
Glasgow NERFINISHED → |
| connectedCountry |
England
NERFINISHED
→
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| connectedRegion |
Ayrshire
NERFINISHED
→
|
| connectedToRailwayNetwork |
English railway system
→
|
| connectedTown |
Dumfries
NERFINISHED
→
|
| country |
Scotland
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|
| economicRole |
supporting agricultural traffic in southwest Scotland
→
supporting coal traffic in Ayrshire → supporting ferry connections at Stranraer → |
| formedBy |
amalgamation of earlier Scottish railways
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|
| gauge |
standard gauge
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|
| hadHeadquartersIn |
Glasgow
NERFINISHED
→
|
| historicalEra |
Edwardian era
→
Victorian era → |
| languageOfName |
English
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| 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
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|
| primaryTrafficType |
freight traffic
→
passenger traffic → |
| railwayGroupingOutcome |
absorbed into a larger railway company in 1923
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|
| 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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|
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Caledonian Railway
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competedWith |
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London, Midland and Scottish Railway
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formedByMergerOf |
|
LMS
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formedFrom |