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The Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (B&GR) was the first name of the railway linking the cities in its name and of the company which pioneered and developed it; the line opened in stages in 1840, using a terminus at Camp Hill in Birmingham. It linked with the Bristol and Gloucester Railway in Gloucester, but at first that company's line was broad gauge, and Gloucester was a point of the necessary but inconvenient transhipment of goods and passengers onto 4 ft 8+1⁄2 instandard gauge that became the national standard. Nearly all of the original main line remains active as a "trunk" route, also known as an arterial route or line.
Rolleston station is a stop on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line. It is located around half a mile from the small village of Rolleston, one of the Trent-side villages near Southwell in Nottinghamshire, England. The station adjoins Southwell Racecourse.
Fiskerton railway station is a stop on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line and serves the village of Fiskerton in Nottinghamshire, England; it is located 3 mi (4.8 km) south-east of the small market town of Southwell.
Highlandman railway station was a station southeast of Crieff in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It was built in 1856 for the Crieff Junction Railway, which connected Crieff with the Scottish Central Railway at Crieff Junction. The CJR was absorbed by the Caledonian Railway in 1865, which itself became part of the London, Midland and Scottish in 1923.
The Aberdeen Railway was a Scottish railway company which built a line from Aberdeen to Forfar and Arbroath, partly by leasing and upgrading an existing railway.
The Perth and Dunkeld Railway was a Scottish railway company. It was built from a junction with the Scottish Midland Junction Railway at Stanley, north of Perth, to a terminus at Birnam, on the south bank of the River Tay opposite Dunkeld.
The Scottish Midland Junction Railway was authorised in 1845 to build a line from Perth to Forfar. Other companies obtained authorisation in the same year, and together they formed a route from central Scotland to Aberdeen. The SMJR opened its main line on 4 August 1848. Proposals to merge with other railways were rejected by Parliament at first, but in 1856 the SMJR merged with the Aberdeen Railway to form the Scottish North Eastern Railway. The SNER was itself absorbed into the larger Caledonian Railway in 1866. The original SMJR main line was now a small section of a main line from Carlisle and central Scotland to Aberdeen.
The Scottish North Eastern Railway was a railway company in Scotland operating a main line from Perth to Aberdeen, with branches to Kirriemuir, Brechin and Montrose. It was created when the Aberdeen Railway amalgamated with the Scottish Midland Junction Railway on 29 July 1856. It did not remain independent for long, for it was itself absorbed by the Caledonian Railway on 10 August 1866.
The Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway was a railway company formed to connect the places in its name. When it sought parliamentary authorisation, it was denied the southern section, and obliged to use the Monmouthshire Railway between Pontypool and Newport.
Nassington railway station is a former railway station in Nassington, Northamptonshire. It was owned by the London and North Western Railway but from 1883 to 1916 was also served by trains of the Great Northern Railway. It opened for passengers along with Wakerley and Barrowden railway station and King's Cliffe railway station on 1 November 1879, on a new section of line constructed from Wansford Line Junction at Seaton to Yarwell Junction at Wansford.
Wigston Magna railway station was a railway station serving Wigston Magna in Leicestershire.
Nuneaton Abbey Street was the second main railway station serving Nuneaton in Warwickshire, England. It operated between 1864 and its closure in 1968. The other main station is Nuneaton Trent Valley which is still open, but now known as simply Nuneaton. The station served the Birmingham-Nuneaton-Leicester Line and also the now closed Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway.
The Dundee and Forfar direct line was a railway line opened by the Caledonian Railway in 1870, connecting the important county town of Forfar with the harbour and manufacturing town of Dundee.
Kirriemuir railway station served the burgh of Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland from 1861 to 1965 on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway.
Upper Greenhill railway station served the village of Greenhill, Falkirk, Scotland from 1848 to 1865 on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.
Rosemount Halt railway station served the suburb of Rosemount, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, from 1857 to 1955 on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway.
Strathord railway station served the village of Luncarty, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, from 1849 to 1931 on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway.
Stormont Loch Halt railway station served the area of Stormont, Perth and Kinross, Scotland from 1920 to 1955 on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway.
Meigle Junction railway station served the village of Meigle, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, from 1848 to 1861 on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway.
