Shrewsbury and Chester Railway

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The Shrewsbury and Chester Railway was a 19th-century railway company in England and Wales that operated the line connecting Shrewsbury to Chester before its later absorption into larger railway networks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railway company
railway company
absorbedInto larger British railway systems
connectedTo other British main line railways
connects Chester
Shrewsbury
country United Kingdom
era 19th century
gauge standard gauge
historicalSignificance formed part of the early railway network between England and North Wales
laterPartOf Great Western Railway
locatedIn Chester
Shrewsbury
operatedIn England
Wales
predecessorOf Great Western Railway network in the Shrewsbury–Chester area
primaryFunction freight transport
passenger transport
railwayLine Shrewsbury–Chester line
regionServed Cheshire
North Wales
Shropshire
status defunct
successorLine modern Shrewsbury–Chester railway route
trackType heavy rail

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Gobowen railway station originalCompany Shrewsbury and Chester Railway
Chirk railway station originalCompany Shrewsbury and Chester Railway
Rossett railway station originalOperator Shrewsbury and Chester Railway
Crewe–Shrewsbury line originalOperator Shrewsbury and Crewe Railway
linked to: Shrewsbury and Chester Railway
Chirk Viaduct partOf Shrewsbury–Chester railway line
linked to: Shrewsbury and Chester Railway
Chirk Viaduct carriedBy Shrewsbury–Chester railway line
linked to: Shrewsbury and Chester Railway