York and North Midland Railway
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york-and-north-midland-railway-165-11998700
title:
York and North Midland Railway
text:
The York and North Midland Railway (Y&NMR) was an English railway company that opened in 1839 connecting York with the Leeds and Selby Railway, and in 1840 extended this line to meet the North Midland Railway at Normanton near Leeds. Its first chairman was the railway financier George Hudson, who had been called the railway king. The railway expanded, by building new lines or buying or leasing already built ones, to serve Hull, Scarborough, Whitby, Market Weighton and Harrogate. In 1849 Hudson r
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Former English railway company
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_and_North_Midland_Railway
date created:
2007-02-18T10:35:39Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T11:25:22Z
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