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Grand Junction Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Grand Junction Railroad was an 8.55-mile (13.76 km) long railroad in the Boston, Massachusetts area, connecting the railroads heading west and north from Boston. Most of it is still in use, carrying freight to the Chelsea Produce Market, and non-revenue transfers of Amtrak and MBTA passenger...
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At Curzon Street terminus the line met the London and Birmingham Railway - the junction faced the terminus and not London.
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The Bill for the Grand Junction Railway, which was named after the Newton Le Willows junction, was passed in Parliament on May 6th 1833. This was the same day on which the Bill for the London & Birmingham Railway was passed and so work on the line now proceeded apace.
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Although not realised at the time, the opening of the Grand Junction Railway, and James Bridge station was to have a dramatic effect on the fortunes of industry in Darlaston. The Grand Junction Railway opened on the 4th July 1837 and was the world's first trunk line. It ran from Birmingham to Liverpool and Manchester,
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In 1833 the Grand Junction Railway was established. The plan was to link Birmingham to Liverpool & Manchester Railway at Newton Junction. In 1841 George Bradshaw produced a railway map of Britain. This section shows the Grand Junction Railway.
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Grand Junction Railway (1833-) The Grand Junction Railway was approved by an act of Parliament of 6th May 1833 and opened in 1837 running between Warrington (SJ 599878) and Birmingham (SP 069866);
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The Grand Junction Railway (GJR) was an early railway company in the United Kingdom which existed between 1833 and 1846. The line built by the company was one of the first railway lines to be built in England, Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Grand_Junction_Railway" http://en...
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The station opened in 1837 as Vauxhall Station. It acted as a temporary terminus for the Grand Junction Railway.
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