History of rail transport in the United Kingdom
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historical_event
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| gptkbp:beganIn |
early 19th century
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| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
History of rail transport in the United Kingdom
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| gptkbp:notableCompany |
gptkb:Great_Western_Railway
gptkb:Network_Rail gptkb:British_Rail gptkb:London_and_North_Western_Railway |
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
gptkb:Grouping_of_1923
nationalisation in 1948 introduction of the Oyster card development of the London Underground opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 introduction of the West Coast Main Line electrification opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825 Beeching cuts (1960s) Railway Mania (1840s) introduction of the Midland Main Line electrification expansion of suburban railways in London formation of the Office of Rail and Road formation of the Rail Delivery Group introduction of Crossrail (Elizabeth line) introduction of InterCity 125 introduction of contactless ticketing introduction of diesel locomotives introduction of electrification introduction of passenger railways introduction of rail franchising introduction of the Merseyrail brand introduction of the National Rail brand introduction of the Network SouthEast brand introduction of the Regional Railways brand introduction of the ScotRail brand introduction of the Thameslink Programme opening of High Speed 1 in 2007 opening of the Channel Tunnel in 1994 planned HS2 project privatisation in the 1990s introduction of the Great Western Main Line electrification introduction of the TransPennine Route electrification introduction of the East Coast Main Line electrification |
| gptkbp:notablePerson |
gptkb:Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel
gptkb:George_Stephenson gptkb:Richard_Trevithick |
| gptkbp:technology |
gptkb:steam_locomotive
gptkb:train standard gauge |
| gptkbp:topic |
gptkb:rail_transport
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Penydarren_locomotive
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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