Catalogue description Proposed London, Newbury and Bath Direct Railway Company: Records

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Reference: RAIL 1187
Title: Proposed London, Newbury and Bath Direct Railway Company: Records
Description:

This series relates to the proposed London, Newbury and Bath Direct Railway Company and comprises papers concerning the proposed establishment of the company and the processing of the bill through Parliament.
Date: 1844-1849
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Chronological order
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 15 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Immediate source of acquisition:

In 1999 British Railways Board
Custodial history: Papers collected by the Great Western Railway Company, transferred to the British Transport Commission in 1948 and to the British Railways Board in 1963.
Accruals: No future accruals expected
Administrative / biographical background:

The London, Newbury and Bath Direct Railway Company would have constructed a railway from a junction with the Great Western Railway Company's line immediately east of Bath Station, following the route of the Kennet & Avon Canal until Newbury where it would have joined the Berks and Hants Railway. The proposed railway would not have deviated from the route of the canal by any more than one hundred yards and in some places the plan was to divert the canal to accommodate the railway. The railway would have therefore run through or near Bathampton, Bradford on Avon, Trowbridge, Devizes, Pewsey and Great Bedwyn. A bill to incorporate the company and to authorise the construction of the railway was deposited in Parliament in 1846 but it did not receive Royal assent.

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