Bristol and Gloucester Railway
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bristol-and-gloucester-railway-189-93709
title:
Bristol and Gloucester Railway
text:
The Bristol and Gloucester Railway was a railway company opened in 1844 to run services between Bristol and Gloucester. It was built on the 7 ft (2,134 mm) Brunel gauge, but it was acquired in 1845 by the 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Midland Railway, which also acquired the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway at the same time. Legal and practical difficulties meant that it was some time before through standard gauge trains could run on the line; that only became possible in 1854 with th
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description:
Early British railway company
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_and_Gloucester_Railway
date created:
2005-09-25T11:35:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T03:22:17Z
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