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Named railway lines (network rail website)

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As found at "Named railway lines". National Rail Enquiries. Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC). Archived from the original on 4 July 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2015. - beware - this page seems to run a script using Adobe Flash Player and can grind your browser...

See also List of railway lines in Great Britain in Wikipedia

Named railway line
Name of line From Via To Notes
Airedale Line Leeds/Bradford Keighley Skipton Exact match
Ayr Line Glasgow Central Paisley Gilmour Street Largs/Ardrossan/Stranraer A combination of Ayrshire Coast Line and Glasgow South Western Line
Berks & Hants Reading Westbury Mostly Berks and Hants Railway with a bit of Reading to Taunton line
Bishop Line Darlington Bishop Auckland Part of Tees Valley Line
Bittern Line Norwich Sheringham Exact match
Borderlands Line Wrexham Bidston Exact match
Caldervale Line Leeds Bradford Halifax/Manchester
Cambrian Coast Shrewsbury Machynlleth Aberystwyth/Pwllheli Cambrian Coast redirects to Cambrian Line. Exact match.
Cambrian Railways Shrewsbury Wrexham Machynlleth ChesterAberystwyth/Pwllheli Quite different.
Catford Loop London Victoria Catford Bromley South Combination of Catford Loop and Chatham Main Line
Chase Line Birmingham New Street Walsall Rugeley Trent Valley Exact match
City Line (Merseyrail) Liverpool (Lime Street) Hunts Cross WP much more extensive
(Cardiff) City Line Cardiff (Central) Danescourt Radyr Exact match
CityFlier Bedford Brighton
CityMetro Luton Sutton
Coastway (East) Hastings Eastbourne Brighton
Coastway (West) Brighton Bognor Regis Portsmouth
Conwy Valley Line Llandudno Junction Blaenau Ffestiniog
Cotswold Line Oxford Evesham Hereford
Cross (X) City Line Lichfield Trent Valley Birmingham (New Street) Redditch Exact match (but slight difference in name)
Crouch Valley Wickford Battlesbridge Southminster
Cumbrian Coast Carlisle Sellafield, Barrow-in-Furness Carnforth
Dearne Valley Line York Pontefract Baghill/Moorthorpe Sheffield
Derwent Valley Line Nottingham Derby Matlock
Durham Coast Line Middlesbrough Hartlepool Sunderland
East Coast Main Line London Kings Cross North East & Scotland
East Suffolk Line Ipswich Saxmundham Lowestoft
Erewash Valley Nottingham Alfreton Sheffield
Esk Valley Line Middlesbrough Whitby
Far North Line Inverness Thurso/Wick
Fife Circle Edinburgh Dunfermline/Kirkcaldy Cardenden
Gainsborough Line Marks Tey Sudbury
Golden Valley Line Cheltenham Stroud Swindon
Hallam Line Leeds Castleford Sheffield
Harrogate Line Leeds Harrogate York
Heart of Wales Line Swansea Llandovery Shrewsbury
Heart of Wessex Line Bristol Temple Meads Weymouth
Hope Valley Manchester Sheffield
Huddersfield Line Leeds/Wakefield Huddersfield Manchester/Liverpool Lime Street
Inverclyde Glasgow Paisley Gilmour St Gourock/Wemyss Bay
Ivanhoe Line Leicester Loughborough
Lea Valley Hackney Downs Tottenham Hale Cheshunt
Looe Valley Line Liskeard Looe
Maesteg Line Cardiff Pontyclun Maesteg
Marches Line Newport Hereford Shrewsbury
Maritime Line Truro Falmouth
Marshlink Hastings Rye Ashford International
Marston Vale Bedford Bletchley
Mayflower Manningtree Harwich
Mid Cheshire Line Chester Northwich & Altrincham Manchester
Midland Main Line St Pancras Leicester Sheffield
North & West Line Cardiff Hereford/Shrewsbury Manchester Liverpool
North London Line Richmond Gospel Oak Stratford
Northern Line Hunts Cross Liverpool Southport/ Ormskirk/Kirkby
Penistone Line Sheffield Penistone Huddersfield
Pontefract Line Leeds/Wakefield Pontefract Monkhill Goole
Robin Hood Line Nottingham Mansfield Worksop
St Ives Line Penzance St Erth St Ives
Selby Line Leeds Micklefield Hull
Settle - Carlisle Line Leeds / Settle Kirkby Stephen Carlisle
Severn Beach Line Bristol Temple Meads Severn Beach
Stour Stafford Birmingham Rugby
Tamar Valley Line Plymouth Gunnislake
Tarka Line Exeter Barnstaple
Tees Valley Line Saltburn Darlington Bishop Auckland
Transpennine routes Various East coast stations Leeds Various West Coast Stations
Trent Valley Stafford Lichfield Trent Valley Rugby
Tyne Valley Line Newcastle Hexham Carlisle
Wakefield Line Leeds Wakefield Doncaster / Sheffield
West Coast Main Line London Euston North West & Scotland
West Highland Craigendoran Fort William
Wharfedale Line Leeds / Bradford Ilkley
Wherry Lines Norwich Lowestoft / Great Yarmouth
Wirral Lines Liverpool Circle New Brighton / West Kirkby
/ Chester / Ellesmere Port
York Line Leeds Micklefield Scarborough
Yorkshire Coast Line Hull Bridlington Scarborough

Measurements

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Examples of 5 ft conversions
Context Notes Implied accuracy Range (in feet) Range (in metres) Suitable conversion
The room was about 5 ft wide and 10 ft long Possibly given to the nearest foot (a rough "ball park" figure) ±0.5 feet 4.5 - 5.5 1.37 - 1.68 1.4 - 1.7 m
or ≈1.5 m
or approx. 1.5 m
Buna air strip is 5 ft above sea level (as mentioned above) Given to the nearest foot? Or possibly 1/2 foot? ±0.25 feet 4.75 - 5.25 1.45 - 1.60 1.5 m
Freda Bloggs was 5 ft tall Height usually given to the nearest 1/2 inch ±0.25 inch 4.980 - 5.021 1.518 - 1.530 1.52 m
The rail gauge was 5 ft Usually given to nearest 1/4 inch ±0.125 inch 4.99 - 5.01 1.521 - 1.527 1.524 m

All this has reminded me of the old joke about precision used on building sites where bricklayers work to the nearest half brick, plasterers work to the nearest 1/2 inch, carpenters work to the nearest 1/8 inch, Electricians work to the nearest 1/16 inch, and labourers work to the nearest pub.

Various roles

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Chairmen

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Frederick Campbell 1895-1905

Alfred Baldwin

Viscount Churchill 1908-1934

Viscount Horne 1937

See also List of Chairmen

General Managers

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James Grierson

Henry Lambert 1887-1896 (Lt-col of Army reserve)

Joseph Wilkinson (My Draft) 1896-1903 (Lt-col of Army reserve)

James Charles Inglis 1903-1911

Frank Potter 1912-1919

Charles Aldington 1919-1921 CBE 1918 (as superintendent of line)

Felix Pole 1921-1929

James Milne 1929-1947

Sources include Wragg, David (2009). A Historical Dictionary of Railways in the British Isles (1 ed.). Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Wharncliffe Books. ISBN 978-1-844680-47-4. OCLC 477110821. Milne 187-188, Pole 216, Inglis 129,

Chief (Civil) Engineers

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Chief Mechanical Engineer

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