Lambourn Valley Light Railway
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 Line at Boxford Station, April 1963
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The Lambourn Valley Light Railway was a British railway company based in Berkshire , England .
history
The company received on August 2, 1883 the concession to build a 19 km long standard-gauge railway from Newbury to Lambourn . The company, financed exclusively by private individuals, did not begin construction work until 1890. The opening took place on April 2, 1898.
From 1898 the two triple-coupled tank locomotives AELFRED and EAHLSWITH from Chapman and Furneaux were available for operation. In 1903 the identical EADWEADE from the Hunslet Engine Company followed . The company also had four two-axle passenger cars and 18 freight cars.
From May 15, 1904, the operation was carried out by steam railcars borrowed from the Great Western Railway . The steam locomotives were then sold. With the law of August 4, 1905, the GWR took over the company.
On January 4, 1960, passenger traffic on the route was stopped. The section from Newbury to Welford Park as well as the siding to RAF Welford Airport remained in operation for military purposes until 1973. Today the route is completely dismantled.
literature
- Christopher Awdry: Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies . Stephens, Wellingborough 1990, ISBN 1-85260-049-7 .