The Surrey Iron Railway (SIR) was a horse-drawn narrow-gauge plateway that linked Wandsworth and Croydon via Mitcham, all then in Surrey but now suburbs... 47 KB (4,540 words) - 22:51, 19 April 2024 |
William Jessop (section Surrey Iron Railway) the Docks project the Surrey Iron Railway, linking Wandsworth and Croydon (1801–1802), arguably the world's first public railway—albeit horse-drawn the... 13 KB (1,686 words) - 05:59, 21 December 2023 |
Croydon (redirect from Croydon, Surrey) of years. The Surrey Iron Railway from Croydon to Wandsworth opened in 1803 and was an early public railway. Later 19th century railway building facilitated... 100 KB (11,234 words) - 07:54, 21 April 2024 |
Mitcham (redirect from Mitcham, Surrey) to the building of the Surrey Iron Railway, the world's first public railway, in 1803. The decline and failure of the railway in the 1840s also heralded... 33 KB (3,288 words) - 14:46, 20 April 2024 |
Rail transport (redirect from Railway) William Jessop opened the Surrey Iron Railway, a double track plateway, erroneously sometimes cited as world's first public railway, in south London. William... 108 KB (12,394 words) - 19:14, 15 April 2024 |
Plateway (category Railways by type) included the Hay Railway, the Gloucester and Cheltenham Railway, the Surrey Iron Railway, the Derby Canal Railway, the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway, the Portreath... 8 KB (1,027 words) - 18:02, 4 January 2024 |
Wimbledon–West Croydon line (redirect from Wimbledon and Croydon Railway Company) railway line in south London. It was opened in 1855 by the Wimbledon and Croydon Railway (W&CR) over part of the trackbed of the Surrey Iron Railway.... 9 KB (1,182 words) - 21:10, 28 January 2024 |
History of rail transport (redirect from Railway history) William Jessop opened the Surrey Iron Railway, a double track plateway, sometimes erroneously cited as world's first public railway, in south London. In 1789... 108 KB (13,445 words) - 16:36, 27 March 2024 |
in 1801. May 21 – The Surrey Iron Railway in England is authorised by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the first railway company established by... 1 KB (125 words) - 16:32, 19 June 2022 |
world’s first dock-owning public railway company. September 21 – First traffic passes over the Surrey Iron Railway in England. January 10 – Carl Ritter... 2 KB (222 words) - 23:07, 29 March 2024 |
Merton, London (parish) (redirect from Merton, Surrey) doubled from 1921 to 1951, creating a largely urban core. In 1803, the Surrey Iron Railway opened between Wandsworth and Croydon, following the shallow Wandle... 26 KB (3,085 words) - 01:25, 17 April 2024 |
United States Patent and Trademark Office Surrey Iron Railway, a horse-drawn plateway that linked the former Surrey towns of Wandsworth and Croydon Serial... 3 KB (419 words) - 11:38, 14 April 2024 |
public railway was the Oystermouth Railway, authorised in 1807. All three of these railways were initially worked by horses; the Surrey Iron Railway remained... 21 KB (2,694 words) - 09:47, 25 February 2024 |
Wagonway (redirect from Edge railway) England the plate-rail was preferred. Plate-rails were used on the Surrey Iron Railway (SIR), from Wandsworth to West Croydon. The SIR was sanctioned by... 23 KB (2,814 words) - 15:17, 12 January 2024 |
railways to form the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR). The Surrey Iron Railway had been opened in 1806 between Wandsworth and Croydon;... 20 KB (2,387 words) - 13:18, 23 April 2024 |
roads. 26 July: The Surrey Iron Railway, a horse-worked wagonway between Wandsworth and Croydon, opens, making it the first public railway line in England... 162 KB (18,013 words) - 17:32, 6 April 2024 |
the original site. After the Surrey Iron Railway (SIR) went out of business in 1846, the Wimbledon and Croydon Railway (W&CR) took over the route and... 2 KB (171 words) - 18:22, 13 December 2022 |
Trams in London (redirect from Street railways in London) Mitcham and Hackbridge was originally used by the Surrey Iron Railway, the world's first public railway, authorised by Act of Parliament in 1803. New tram... 70 KB (3,051 words) - 05:14, 11 November 2023 |
then, public railways had been horse-drawn, including the Lake Lock Rail Road (1796), Surrey Iron Railway (1801) and the Oystermouth Railway near Swansea... 49 KB (5,899 words) - 01:00, 22 April 2024 |
Surrey (/ˈsʌri/) is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to... 112 KB (13,015 words) - 11:14, 28 April 2024 |
Carmarthenshire Railway opens, the first public railway in Wales. July 26 - The Surrey Iron Railway formally opens throughout, first public railway in England... 2 KB (160 words) - 16:32, 19 June 2022 |