Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway
The Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway was a British railway company based in Cheshire and Shropshire in England .
history
Under the name "Market Drayton and Madeley Railway", plans began for the construction of a railway line between Nantwich and Market Drayton . The company was founded as Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway on June 7, 1861 to build a standard-gauge railway line . The first chairman was Reginald Corbet of Adderley . Funding was provided through stocks of £ 60,000 and bonds of £ 20,000. The 14.6-kilometer route was opened on October 20, 1863. Originally, the route should be operated by the London and North Western Railway , but the Great Western Railway was tied as operator from the start of operations.
Together with the section of the Wellington and Market Drayton Railway and the routes of the London and North Western Railway from Nantwich / Crewe to Manchester , a connection between the route network of the Great Western Railway in Wellington and Manchester was established. In 1864 there was again a capital requirement of 80,000 pounds sterling to provide the single-track line with another track. Again, £ 60,000 in stocks and £ 20,000 in bonds. With effect from July 1, 1897, the company was taken over by the Great Western Railway .
literature
- Christopher Awdry: Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies . Patrick Stephens Limited, Wellingborough 1990, ISBN 1-85260-049-7 .