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Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway

Index Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway

The Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway was a British railway company. [1]

64 relations: Act of Parliament, Barton and Walton railway station, Bill (law), Birmingham, Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway Locomotives, Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, Birmingham Curzon Street railway station (1838-1966), Birmingham New Street railway station, Bolehall Viaduct, Branch line, Branston railway station, Bristol, Bristol Temple Meads railway station, Bromford Bridge railway station, Burton-on-Trent railway station, Camp Hill railway station, Canal, Castle Bromwich railway station, Coleshill Parkway railway station, CrossCountry, Croxall railway station, Derby, Derby railway station, Elford railway station, Erewash, Francis Whishaw, George Hudson, George Stephenson, Gloucester, Grand Junction Railway, Great Britain, Hampton-in-Arden, Hampton-in-Arden railway station, John Birkinshaw, Kingsbury railway station, Lawley Street railway station, London, London and Birmingham Railway, Maxstoke railway station, Midland Counties Railway, Midland Railway, Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, North Midland Railway, Peartree railway station, Prime minister, Rail transport, River Trent, Robert Peel, Robert Stephenson, ..., Rugby, Warwickshire, Saltley railway station, Samuel Carter (Coventry MP), Stechford railway station, Stonebridge Railway, Tamworth railway station, Tamworth, Staffordshire, Water Orton railway station, West Country, Whitacre Heath, Whitacre Junction railway station, Wichnor Viaduct, Willington railway station, Wilnecote railway station. Expand index (14 more) »

Act of Parliament

Acts of Parliament, also called primary legislation, are statutes passed by a parliament (legislature).

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Barton and Walton railway station

Barton and Walton railway station in 1839 by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway on its original route from Derby to Hampton-in-Arden meeting the London and Birmingham Railway for London.

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Bill (law)

A bill is proposed legislation under consideration by a legislature.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360, making it the second most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway Locomotives

Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway Locomotives comprised twelve passenger locomotives (ordered 1838) and two goods locomotives (ordered 1841).

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Birmingham and Gloucester Railway

The Birmingham and Gloucester Railway was a railway route linking the cities in its name; it opened in stages in 1840, using a terminus at Camp Hill in Birmingham.

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Birmingham Curzon Street railway station (1838-1966)

Birmingham Curzon Street railway station (formerly Birmingham station) was a railway station in central Birmingham, England, opening in 1838 and closed to passengers in 1893 but remained open for goods until 1966.

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Birmingham New Street railway station

Birmingham New Street is the largest and busiest of the three main railway stations in the Birmingham City Centre, England.

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Bolehall Viaduct

Bolehall Viaduct (formerly the Anker Viaduct) is a viaduct on the former Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway line near Tamworth, Staffordshire, England now part of the Cross Country Route.

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Branch line

A branch line is a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line.

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Branston railway station

Branston railway station was a railway station serving the village of Branston in Staffordshire opened by the Midland Railway in 1889 It was between Tamworth and Burton upon Trent on the line originally built by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway.

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Bristol

Bristol is a city and county in South West England with a population of 456,000.

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Bristol Temple Meads railway station

Bristol Temple Meads is the oldest and largest railway station in Bristol, England.

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Bromford Bridge railway station

Bromford Bridge railway station was a railway station in Birmingham opened by the Midland Railway in 1896.

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Burton-on-Trent railway station

Burton-on-Trent railway station is in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England.

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Camp Hill railway station

Camp Hill railway station was a railway station in Camp Hill, Birmingham opened by the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway in 1840 and was its first terminus.

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Canal

Canals, or navigations, are human-made channels, or artificial waterways, for water conveyance, or to service water transport vehicles.

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Castle Bromwich railway station

Castle Bromwich railway station was a railway station in the Castle Bromwich area of Birmingham opened by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway in 1842.

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Coleshill Parkway railway station

Coleshill Parkway is a railway station at Hams Hall on the Birmingham to Peterborough railway line, serving Coleshill in Warwickshire, England.

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CrossCountry

CrossCountry (legal name XC Trains Limited) is a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Arriva UK Trains, operating the New Cross Country franchise.

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Croxall railway station

Croxall railway station was a railway station serving the village of Croxall in Staffordshire between Tamworth and Burton upon Trent It was opened in 1840 by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway, one year after the line opened.

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Derby

Derby is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England.

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Derby railway station

Derby railway station, also known as Derby Midland, is a main line station serving the city of Derby in England.

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Elford railway station

Elford railway station was a railway station serving the village of Elford and the manor of Haselour Hall in Staffordshire, opened by the Midland Railway in 1850.

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Erewash

Erewash is a local government district and borough in eastern Derbyshire, England, to the east of Derby and the west of Nottingham.

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Francis Whishaw

Francis Whishaw (13 July 1804 – October 1856) was an English civil engineer.

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George Hudson

George Hudson (probably 10 March 1800 – 14 December 1871) was an English railway financier and politician who, because he controlled a significant part of the railway network in the 1840s, became known as "The Railway King" – a title conferred on him by Sydney Smith in 1844.

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George Stephenson

George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was a British civil engineer and mechanical engineer.

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Gloucester

Gloucester is a city and district in Gloucestershire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Grand Junction Railway

The Grand Junction Railway (GJR) was an early railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed between 1833 and 1846 when it was amalgamated with other railways to form the London and North Western Railway.

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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Hampton-in-Arden

Hampton-in-Arden is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands of England.

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Hampton-in-Arden railway station

Hampton-in-Arden railway station serves the village of Hampton-in-Arden in the West Midlands of England.

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John Birkinshaw

John Birkinshaw was a 19th-century railway engineer from Bedlington, Northumberland noted for his invention of wrought iron rails in 1820.

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Kingsbury railway station

Kingsbury railway station was a railway station which served the village of Kingsbury in Warwickshire, England.

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Lawley Street railway station

Lawley Street railway station was opened in Birmingham on 10 February 1842 by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London and Birmingham Railway

The London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) was an early railway company in the United Kingdom, existing from 1833 to 1846, when it became part of the London and North Western Railway (L&NWR).

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Maxstoke railway station

Maxstoke railway station opened in 1839 as Coleshill by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway on its original route from Derby to Hampton-in-Arden meeting the London and Birmingham Railway for London.

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Midland Counties Railway

The Midland Counties' Railway (MCR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom which existed between 1839 and 1844, connecting Nottingham, Leicester and Derby with Rugby and thence, via the London and Birmingham Railway, to London.

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Midland Railway

The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

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Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne, commonly known as Newcastle, is a city in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 103 miles (166 km) south of Edinburgh and 277 miles (446 km) north of London on the northern bank of the River Tyne, from the North Sea.

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North East England

North East England is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes.

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North Midland Railway

The North Midland Railway was a British railway company, which opened its line from Derby to Rotherham (Masbrough) and Leeds in 1840.

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Peartree railway station

Peartree railway station is a railway station serving the areas of Pear Tree, Normanton and Osmaston in the city of Derby, England.

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Prime minister

A prime minister is the head of a cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system.

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Rail transport

Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.

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River Trent

The River Trent is the third-longest river in the United Kingdom.

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Robert Peel

Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, (5 February 17882 July 1850) was a British statesman of the Conservative Party who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–35 and 1841–46) and twice as Home Secretary (1822–27 and 1828–30).

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Robert Stephenson

Robert Stephenson FRS (16 October 1803 – 12 October 1859) was an early railway and civil engineer.

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Rugby, Warwickshire

Rugby is a market town in Warwickshire, England, close to the River Avon.

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Saltley railway station

Saltley railway station was a railway station in Saltley, Birmingham, England, opened by the Midland Railway in 1854 and rebuilt in 1899.

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Samuel Carter (Coventry MP)

Samuel Carter (15 May 1805 – 31 January 1878) was a Member of Parliament for his native city of Coventry, and solicitor to two major railway companies (the London and North Western Railway and Midland Railway) for nearly four decades during the development of Britain’s rail network.

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Stechford railway station

Stechford railway station serves the Stechford area of Birmingham, England on Victoria Road, just off Station Road, which is part of the A4040 Birmingham outer ring road.

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Stonebridge Railway

The Stonebridge Railway was a railway line between Whitacre Junction and Hampton-in-Arden in Warwickshire, England, passing through Stonebridge.

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Tamworth railway station

Tamworth is a split-level railway station which serves the town of Tamworth in Staffordshire, England.

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Tamworth, Staffordshire

Tamworth is a large market town in Staffordshire, England, northeast of Birmingham and northwest of London.

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Water Orton railway station

Water Orton railway station serves Water Orton in Warwickshire, near Birmingham, England.

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West Country

The West Country is a loosely defined area of south western England.

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Whitacre Heath

Whitacre Heath is a small village in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England.

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Whitacre Junction railway station

Whitacre Junction railway station was opened in 1864 by the Midland Railway.

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Wichnor Viaduct

Wichnor Viaduct (formerly known as Croxall Viaduct) is a viaduct on the former Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway line near Wychnor, Staffordshire, England now part of the Cross Country Route.

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Willington railway station

Willington railway station serves the village of Willington in Derbyshire, England.

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Wilnecote railway station

Wilnecote railway station is a small unmanned station serving Wilnecote 1.5 miles (2 km) south of Tamworth town centre in Staffordshire, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_and_Derby_Junction_Railway

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