Southend Pier Railway
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southend-pier-railway-176-3322365
title:
Southend Pier Railway
text:
The Southend Pier Railway is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railway in the English city of Southend-on-Sea, Essex. It runs for 1.25 miles (2.0 km) along the 1.34-mile (2.16 km) length of Southend Pier, providing public passenger transport from the shore to the pier head. A wooden pier opened in 1830, and a primitive tramway began operating along it in 1846. The pier was replaced by an iron structure around 1889, and a 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge electric tramway was laid along it. This proved popul
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description:
Narrow gauge railway along Southend Pier
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southend_Pier_Railway
date created:
2009-05-18T13:55:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T13:42:34Z
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