South Staffordshire Railway
The South Staffordshire Railway was the railway company responsible for building several lines in and around the area of Staffordshire, England. The Chief Engineer was John Robinson McClean. After an Act of Parliament was passed to allow it, he took a 25-year lease on the railway, thus becoming the first person ever to be the sole owner of a railway. The company was taken over by the London and North Western Railway, which later became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during grouping in 1923. A (known) list of lines created by the SSR are below:
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Blowers Green railway station
Brettell Lane railway station
Brierley Hill railway station
Brownhills railway station
Dudley Port railway station
Dudley railway station
Great Bridge North railway station
Hammerwich railway station
Harts Hill railway station
Lichfield Trent Valley railway station
Pelsall railway station
Round Oak railway station
Rushall (West Midlands) railway station
Stourbridge Junction railway station
Wednesbury Town railway station
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South Staffordshire Railway
The South Staffordshire Railway was the railway company responsible for building several lines in and around the area of Staffordshire, England. The Chief Engineer was John Robinson McClean. After an Act of Parliament was passed to allow it, he took a 25-year lease on the railway, thus becoming the first person ever to be the sole owner of a railway. The company was taken over by the London and North Western Railway, which later became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during grouping in 1923. A (known) list of lines created by the SSR are below:
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The South Staffordshire Railwa ...... he coalfields near Brownhills.
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The South Staffordshire Railwa ...... created by the SSR are below:
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South Staffordshire Railway
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