South Staffordshire Railway Company
GPTKB entity
Properties (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
railway station
|
| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:Railway_Mania
gptkb:Birmingham gptkb:Lichfield gptkb:Walsall gptkb:West_Midlands gptkb:Wolverhampton gptkb:Rail_transport_in_England Cannock Chase Industrial Revolution Staffordshire Sustainable transport initiatives Transport infrastructure Commuter rail services Preservation of railway history Victorian railway expansion Railway heritage Transport economics Railway_engineering Railway_architecture Railway_museums Transport_policy_in_the_UK Economic_development_in_the_West_Midlands Freight_transport_in_the_UK History_of_rail_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom Public_transport_in_the_West_Midlands Railway_stations_in_the_West_Midlands Transport_in_the_West_Midlands Transport_planning_in_the_UK Urbanization_in_the_West_Midlands |
| gptkbp:dissolved |
1965
|
| gptkbp:founded |
1850
|
| gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:Wolverhampton
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
South Staffordshire Railway Company
|
| gptkbp:keyPeople |
gptkb:William_W._H._Smith
|
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
Nationalization in 1948
Closure of freight services in 1983 Closure of passenger services in 1965 Merger_with_Midland_Railway |
| gptkbp:operates |
gptkb:South_Staffordshire_Railway
|
| gptkbp:originalPurpose |
Standard gauge
|
| gptkbp:parentCompany |
gptkb:Midland_Railway
|
| gptkbp:predecessor |
Birmingham_and_Wolverhampton_Railway
Wolverhampton_and_Birmingham_Railway |
| gptkbp:railwayLine |
gptkb:South_Staffordshire_Line
gptkb:Wolverhampton_to_Birmingham_Line gptkb:Birmingham_to_Wolverhampton_Line gptkb:Walsall_to_Birmingham_Line gptkb:Walsall_to_Wolverhampton_Line |
| gptkbp:region |
gptkb:West_Midlands,_England
|
| gptkbp:route |
30 miles
|
| gptkbp:services |
Passenger services
Freight services |
| gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:British_Railways
|