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unusual facts about Branch Line


Gamerco, New Mexico

A coal processing plant, rail spur, power plant, and a church were built to serve the community and its mining operations.


Ayot Greenway

Part of National Cycle Network Route 57, it runs for three miles along a former branch line from Welwyn Garden City railway station towards Luton and Dunstable.

Balnarring, Victoria

The railway station in Balnarring opened on 2 December 1921 but, like its Red Hill branch line, was relatively short-lived, officially closing on 29 June 1953.

British Rail Class 101

In The Railway Series books by the Rev. W. Awdry, the character Daisy the Diesel Rail-Car was introduced to assist on the Branch Line when Thomas was away for repairs.

Esch-sur-Alzette railway station

After Esch-sur-Alzette, the main line continues towards Niederkorn, whilst a minor line branches off to Audun-le-Tiche, in France.

Francis K. Shattuck

Shattuck was instrumental in getting the Central Pacific Railroad to construct a branch line into Berkeley in 1876 connecting the community and University of California with the main line and the railroad's ferry to San Francisco.

Haßfurt

In 1852, Ludwig's Western Railway reached the town and between 1892 and 1995 it also had a branch line to Hofheim.

Johnsonville Branch

The Johnsonville Branch known as the Johnsonville Line, is a commuter branch line railway from the main Railway Station of Wellington, New Zealand to the northern suburb of Johnsonville via Ngaio and Khandallah.

Princes Risborough to Aylesbury Line

The Princes Risborough to Aylesbury Line is a rural branch line from Princes Risborough to Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England.

Restricted stations of Line 1, Beijing Subway

Although officially a defunct railway station (thus having no subway code number), Heishitou Station is often considered a disused station on Line 1 by the general public, probably due to its location on a disused China Railways military-only branch line which happens to link to line 1.

Salisbury railway station

The LSWR opened their Milford station on the Eastern side of the city in 1 March 1847, with the opening of their branch line from Southampton to passenger traffic.

Salter Report

It noted that the railway system, then organised into several regional companies, probably had no need for many of the small branch lines and services, as motor transport had shown itself to be more efficient for local deliveries.


see also

Addiscombe tram stop

The same railway's Addiscombe station was located on a branch line, about 500 metres to the west.

Allhallows, Kent

In the 1930s, the Southern Railway, in an attempt to develop the area around the estuary as a holiday resort, opened a short branch from the Hundred of Hoo Railway branch line to Grain.

Bangor Union Station

Maine Central Eastern Division branch line trains to Calais, Bar Harbor, or Bucksport required backing moves to cross the Penobscot River bridge approach upstream of the station.

Boddam Branch

The Boddam Branch Line was a short branch line constructed by the Great North of Scotland Railway from Ellon railway station to Boddam in Aberdeenshire in 1897.

Butetown Branch Line

The Butetown Branch Line, also known as the Cardiff Bay Line, is a commuter railway line in Cardiff, Wales from Cardiff Bay and Cardiff Queen Street.

CIE 611 Class

They went into traffic in various parts of the country, as shunting engines at smaller depots such as Dublin's North City Mills siding, and branch line duties such as between Attymon and Loughrea.

CLR 1 to 8

The branch line from Ballinamore to Arigna followed in May 1888 and in 1920 extended to the coal mines beyond the village.

CPH railmotor

A total of 37 vehicles were built and they operated many branch line services throughout the state, from Kyogle in the north to the Riverina in the south, as well as extensively through the central western regions, until their widespread withdrawal in November 1983 and replacement by road transport.

East Anglian Railway Museum

The East Anglian Railway Museum is located at Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station in Essex, England, which is situated on the former Great Eastern Railway branch line from Marks Tey to Sudbury.

Exmouth branch railway

This article traces the historical development of the branch line; a description of the modern activity on the line is at Avocet Line.

Fanling Station

The branch line was only used for special services during the Ching Ming and Chung Yeung festivals.

Hauerseter Station

From 1947 until the construction of Gardermoen Line and Oslo Airport, Gardermoen in the 1990s, Hauerseter was the terminal station of the Hauerseter–Gardermoen Line, a branch line that went to Gardermoen Air Station.

High Bridge Branch

1990s: Columbia Gas Transmission of West Virginia construct a gas line under the former rail bed, and the surface rights for the former High Bridge Branch line are transferred to the Hunterdon County Department of Parks and Recreation and Morris County Parks and Recreation for use as a recreational trail, known as Columbia Trail.

Holborn tube station

The pre-war operation of the station and the branch line features in a pivotal scene in Geoffrey Household's novel Rogue Male, when the pursuit of the protagonist by enemy agents sees them repeatedly using the station's escalators, passageways and the shuttle service.

The disused branch line platform and other parts of the station have been used in the filming of music videos for Howard Jones' "New Song", Leftfield's "Release the Pressure", Suede's "Saturday Night" and Aqua's "Turn Back Time".

Hunstanton

Hunstanton railway station used to offer services to King's Lynn but was closed along with the branch line it was on in 1969.

Idridgehay railway station

Idridgehay railway station is an intermediate station on the former Midland Railway branch line to the town of Wirksworth in Derbyshire.

Kempen–Venlo railway

The realised route corresponded to the proposed option C. There were also considerations for a short time of building a branch line from Lobberich via Boisheim to Waldniel.

Kita-Ayase Station

The station opened on December 20, 1979, and forms the terminus to the Kita-Ayase Branch Line of the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line.

Laa an der Thaya

It had remained a sedate county town, when Napoleon marched through in 1809 during the War of the Fifth Coalition; however, Laa's development was decisively promtoted by the opening of a railway connection to Austria's capital Vienna in 1869, a branch line of the Eastern Railway, which further led to Hevlín and Brno (Brünn) in Moravia.

Layerthorpe

The Branch Line's sidings and the Corporation's premises have been replaced by a variety of industrial and retail units, although the refuse destructor's octagonal chimney (a Grade II listed building, approximately 55 metres high) has been preserved next to Morrisons supermarket on Foss Islands Road.

Lebach–Völklingen railway

The Lebach–Völklingen railway is a single-track branch line that originally ran from Lebach to Völklingen in the German state of the Saarland.

Libing Square Railway Station

The railway station is on the Lidui Branch Line of Chengdu–Dujiangyan Intercity Railway in Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

Line 5, Shanghai Metro

A branch line from the north side of Dongchuan Road will go straight at Humin Road, and cross the Huangpu River by Minpu 2nd Bridge to Fengxian District, 1st phase is from Dongchuan Road to Nanqiao Xincheng, will construction between 2010 to 2020, 2nd phase will go south to Haiwan, no timetable given.

Linkou

Linkou Line, railway branch line, located in Taoyuan County and New Taipei

Little Salkeld

Little Salkeld railway station on the Settle-Carlisle Railway and branch line to the Long Meg Mine were both closed in the 1970s, although the disused platforms still remain and the station building is well maintained as a private house.

Long Melford-Bury St Edmunds branch line

The Long Melford–Bury St Edmunds branch line was a railway between Long Melford on the Stour Valley Railway and Bury St Edmunds on the Ipswich to Ely Line.

Mamuil Malal Pass

From the Chilean side the pass is accessed through Route 199-CH, branch line which begins at the Panamerican Highway near Freire.

MGWR Class D

They were originally planned for use on the Mullingar to Sligo mail trains, however they were poor steamers and proved to be underpowered for this work being transferred soon afterwards to the Westport – Achill branch line in western County Mayo — a highly scenic line which passed through the small town of Newport and the village of Mallaranny before reaching the western seaboard at Achill Sound.

Monthey-Champéry-Morgins

The Monthey-Champéry-Morgins railway (MCM) was a railway company in the Chablais region of Switzerland which was formed to construct a metre gauge line linking Monthey with Champéry and a branch line from the village of d’Illiez to Morgins.

Mount Barker railway station

Three years earlier construction on a branch line from Mount Barker Junction to Victor Harbor, with stations at Mount Barker, Strathalbyn, and Goolwa, was begun, and completed in 1884.

Myaing Township

Since 1998 Myaing Township has been served by the branch line of the Myanmar Railways, from Pakokku to Myaing to Kyaw and on to the Myittha River valley.

Neuenstadt am Kocher

In the 17th and 18th century the Württemberg-Neuenstadt branch line of the ducal house of Württemberg took up residence in Neuenstadt castle until the male lineage of dukes died out in 1742.

Paisley and Renfrew Railway

The original terminus station in Paisley was Hamilton Street, but for passengers it was replaced by Abercorn station when the line was regauged and became a branch line.

Riverside Branch

:For the Boston, Massachusetts branch line of the same name see, Green Line "D" Branch

Royal Bavarian State Railways

Perhaps the most iconic branch line engine was the Bavarian PtL 2/2 nicknamed the Glaskasten or "glass box".

Ruddington Depot

In the preceding 18 months over 200 buildings were erected along with roads, paths & a branch line to Ruddington railway station.

Siegen station

The station was opened on 10 January 1861 simultaneously with the opening of the branch line from Siegen to Betzdorf, now part of the Sieg Railway.

Snape Branch Line

The Snape was a railway branch line located in Suffolk which served Snape Maltings.

Tatranská Lomnica railway station

It also forms the junction between that line and the standard gauge Poprad-Tatry–Tatranská Lomnica branch, which is a spur line from the Poprad-Tatry–Plaveč railway, another standard gauge branch line.

Taunus Railway

The Soden Railway (Sodener Bahn), a 6.6 km long branch line running from the to Frankfurt-Höchst station to Bad Soden, had been operated since its opening in 1847 by the Taunus Railway and in 1862/63 it was taken by it.

Tocumwal railway station

Before this time the Strathmerton–Cobram section of the line was operated as the "branch line" with a 102hp Walker railmotor connecting with the main line train.

Trentham Park Branch Line

The Trentham Park Branch Line was a 1¼-mile railway line that ran through the Trentham area of Stoke-on-Trent.

Waiau

Waiau Branch, a Canterbury branch line railway in service from 1882 to 1978: see also Weka Pass Railway

Wecota, South Dakota

Wecota was founded in 1907 as a station stop on a branch line of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway built that year between Conde and LeBeau, South Dakota.

Wien Südbahnhof

Two railway lines were planned, extending from Vienna to the south and east: one to Wiener Neustadt and Gloggnitz, and one via Bruck an der Leitha to Győr (German: Raab), with an extension to Uj-Szöny (now a suburb of Komárom) and a branch line to Pozsony (now Bratislava).

Wilsontown Ironworks

The works had a railway branch line from the site to Auchengray railway station on the Caledonian Railway.