Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway
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edinburgh-and-dalkeith-railway-162-9835946
title:
Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway
text:
The Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway was an early railway built to convey coal from pits in the vicinity of Dalkeith into the capital. It was a horse-operated line, with a terminus at St Leonards on the south side of Arthur's Seat. Opened in stages from 1831, it was Edinburgh's first railway, and used the track gauge of 4 ft 6 in, commonly used for mineral railways in Scotland. The entry into the terminus involved a passage through a tunnel on a rope-worked incline. It was not planned for passenge
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Railway in Scotland (1831–1845)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_and_Dalkeith_Railway
date created:
2006-11-30T11:47:29Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T20:47:57Z
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