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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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