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Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway and West Somerset Railway

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Difference between Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway and West Somerset Railway

Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway vs. West Somerset Railway

The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway – almost always referred to as "the S&D" – was an English railway line connecting Bath in north east Somerset and Bournemouth now in south east Dorset but then in Hampshire, with a branch from Evercreech Junction to Burnham-on-Sea and Bridgwater. The West Somerset Railway (WSR) is a heritage railway line in Somerset, England.

Similarities between Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway and West Somerset Railway

Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway and West Somerset Railway have 20 things in common (in Unionpedia): Act of Parliament, Beeching cuts, Bridgwater, Bristol and Exeter Railway, British Rail, Broad-gauge railway, Diesel multiple unit, English Channel, Exeter, Great Western Railway, GWR 2251 Class, Heritage railway, Land's End, Railways Act 1921, S&DJR 7F 2-8-0, Signalling control, Somerset, Standard-gauge railway, West Somerset Railway, Western Region of British Railways.

Act of Parliament

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

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Beeching cuts

The Beeching cuts (also Beeching Axe) were a reduction of route network and restructuring of the railways in Great Britain, according to a plan outlined in two reports, The Reshaping of British Railways (1963) and The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes (1965), written by Dr Richard Beeching and published by the British Railways Board.

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Bridgwater

Bridgwater is a large historic market town and civil parish in Somerset, England.

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Bristol and Exeter Railway

The Bristol & Exeter Railway (B&ER) was an English railway company formed to connect Bristol and Exeter.

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British Rail

British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the state-owned company that operated most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997.

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Broad-gauge railway

A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge broader than the standard-gauge railways.

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Diesel multiple unit

A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines.

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English Channel

The English Channel (la Manche, "The Sleeve"; Ärmelkanal, "Sleeve Channel"; Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; Mor Bretannek, "Sea of Brittany"), also called simply the Channel, is the body of water that separates southern England from northern France and links the southern part of the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

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Exeter

Exeter is a cathedral city in Devon, England, with a population of 129,800 (mid-2016 EST).

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Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England, the Midlands, and most of Wales.

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GWR 2251 Class

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 2251 Class was a class of 0-6-0 steam tender locomotive designed for medium-powered freight.

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Heritage railway

A heritage railway is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past.

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Land's End

Land's End (Penn an Wlas or Pedn an Wlas) is a headland and holiday complex in western Cornwall, England.

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Railways Act 1921

The Railways Act 1921 (c. 55), also known as the Grouping Act, was an Act of Parliament enacted by the British government and intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition and retain some of the benefits which the country had derived from a government-controlled railway during and after the Great War of 1914–1918.

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S&DJR 7F 2-8-0

The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR) 7F 2-8-0 is a class of steam locomotive designed for hauling heavy coal and goods trains.

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Signalling control

On a rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the correct route and to the proper timetable.

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Somerset

Somerset (or archaically, Somersetshire) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west.

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Standard-gauge railway

A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.

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West Somerset Railway

The West Somerset Railway (WSR) is a heritage railway line in Somerset, England.

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Western Region of British Railways

The Western Region was a region of British Railways from 1948.

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Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway and West Somerset Railway Comparison

Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway has 194 relations, while West Somerset Railway has 132. As they have in common 20, the Jaccard index is 6.13% = 20 / (194 + 132).

References

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