North Staffordshire Railway

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pre-grouping British railway company railway company

The North Staffordshire Railway was a historic British railway company serving the Staffordshire region, particularly around Stoke-on-Trent and the Potteries, before being absorbed into larger railway groupings.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	pre-grouping British railway company → railway company →
absorbedInto	London, Midland and Scottish Railway NERFINISHED →
absorbedUnder	Railways Act 1921 →
alsoKnownAs	NSR → The Knotty →
country	United Kingdom →
dissolved	1923 →
endOfOperation	1923 →
gauge	standard gauge →
hadLiveryColor	crimson lake →
headquartersLocation	Stoke-on-Trent →
historicalPeriod	Edwardian era → Victorian era →
locatedIn	Staffordshire NERFINISHED → Stoke-on-Trent → The Potteries →
majorStation	Burton-on-Trent railway station → Crewe railway station → Derby railway station → Stoke-on-Trent railway station →
notableRoute	Churnet Valley Line → Potteries Loop Line → Stoke-on-Trent to Crewe line → Stoke-on-Trent to Derby line →
opened	1848 →
operated	freight services → passenger services →
operatedIn	England NERFINISHED →
operatedRollingStockType	goods wagons → passenger carriages → steam locomotives →
primaryServiceArea	North Staffordshire NERFINISHED → The Potteries →
railwayGrouping	1923 grouping →
regionServed	Midlands →
servedIndustry	coal mining → iron industry → pottery industry →
servedTown	Burton-upon-Trent → Congleton → Crewe → Derby → Leek → Macclesfield → Newcastle-under-Lyme → Stoke-on-Trent → Uttoxeter →
startOfOperation	1848 →
trackGauge	1435 mm →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
London, Midland and Scottish Railway →	formedByMergerOf
LMS →	formedFrom