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- Title
Uxbridge: where the Great Western Railway went wrong and what it left behind.
- Authors
Thomas, David G.
- Abstract
The article informs that dates of the two branch lines which the Great Western Railway (GWR) built to serve Uxbridge are well documented, and explores detail what should have been a short link between them and describes what remained to be seen in October 2019. It mentions that several independent schemes were floated to join the two branches by a seven mile line to form a through route, with an Uxbridge & Rickmansworth Railway (U&R) Act being passed in May 1896.
- Subjects
GREAT Western Railway (Great Britain); RAILROADS; TRANSPORTATION museums; RAILROAD station design &; construction; FENCES; BUS transportation; BRIDGE abutments; BRIDGES
- Publication
London's Industrial Archaeology, 2020, Issue 18, p31
- ISSN
0142-6273
- Publication type
Article