To subscribe to the email, please send a blank email to: raildate+subscribe@groups.io
Raildate is a collaboration between the editor and a number of contributors. Please think about supplying links that you spot. The contact email address is: raildate.co.uk@gmail.com
There are sections on:
East
East Midlands
London
Midlands
Northern Ireland
Scotland
South
South East
Wales
West
Yorkshire
National
Australia
Belgium
Europe
Ireland
Japan
Switzerland
USA
Vietnam
Air
Bus
Marine
Thank you to this week's contributors.
A prominent church overlooking a substantial station on a third-rail system. Where is it?
Please send your answers to raildate.co.uk@gmail.com
The straight line (bottom) of a Roman road just misses this town/city, and a cycleway clearly follows the route of a former railway on the right. Where is it?
Answer: Hereford. Like the Mappa Mundi in Hereford Cathedral, we're facing towards Jerusalem - from the NW. Congratulations are due to the following for their correct answers: Dave Goodyear, John Czyrko, Colin Penfold, Simon Wass, Jeremy Harrison, Paul Hopper, Bryn Pitcher, Neil Spencer, Ian Bromley
The now-closed direct line through Hereford had a station (Barton) until 1891 but antagonism between three railway companies led to the less-direct route via Barr's Court station becoming the preferred route. The Midland had quietly acquired the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon Railway, even though it had no prior presence in Hereford, and the GWR and L&NWR used Barr's Court to avoid cooperating. Agreement took many years to reach and a loop into Barr's Court built, allowing Barton to close.
The H.P.Bulmers cider plant is at Barton, and the Bulmers Railway Centre was housed there 1968-1990. GWR 4-6-0 loco 6000 'King George V' was restored at Bulmers and, in 1971, ended the 1968 steam ban on mainline operations. In the early part of my career, I had frustrating period visiting the cider plant regularly on day trips from my then-home in Yorkshire - many hours of driving, not getting much done. (Nor any sampling)
The frontier Roman settlement of Magnis was a few miles west (circled in red). Two Roman roads crossed here: the E-W route from Salinae (Droitwich) was never completed but has now become the A4103, and the N-S Watling Street - Wroxeter (nr. Shrewsbury) to Caerleon (nr. Newport)
We welcome links to publicly available online news items and videos from anywhere in the world. Despite its name, Raildate covers all transport modes, including also bus, tram, air, and marine.
Raildate may be freely distributed without permission as long as no changes whatsoever are made to the original document distributed by the Editor.
The main Raildate website https://raildate.co.uk includes a history of Raildate by the founding editor Howard Sprenger and archived editions from 1996 to the present.
Facebook members are encouraged to join the Raildate group.
© Matthew Shaw 2024