| Bishop's Castle
Railway Time Line |
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| Plans for BCR deposited at
Shirehall Shrewsbury |
1860 |
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1861 |
Royal
Assent Received |
| Contractor
Thomas Savin starts to build the railway |
1863 |
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1864 |
BCR
persue Thomas Savin in the Courts of Chancery for return of £20,500 advance.
G.M. Morris of Plowden is appointed contractor |
| Stretford Bridge
to Bishop’s Castle line complete Montgomery extension to be started. |
1865 |
Opening
ceremony, Board Of Trade refuses permission to open after unsatisfactory
inspection. |
| 1866 Board Of
Trade finally gives permission for railway to open – BCR goes into
receivership |
1866 |
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1867 |
Rolling
stock auctioned off and leased back to the BCR |
| Bailiffs
incident – Bailiffs picket railway over unpaid debts |
1877 |
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1879 |
Temporary
closure of railway following Board Of Trade inspection |
| “Carlisle”
Purchased by BCR |
1895 |
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1896 |
Railway
narrowly avoids another closure after Board of Trade inspection |
| Formation of
Bishop’s Castle Railway defence trust |
1904 |
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1905 |
No.1
purchased from G.W.R for £700 |
| One and only
dividend paid to share holders following record movement of timber |
1914 |
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1926 |
Attempts
to get the G.W.R to take over the railway |
Inspection of
railway by Col. Stephens assistant
Mr Austen. Col. Stephens declines railway |
1931 |
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1935 |
Defence
trust funds exhausted, Chancery Court orders receiver to be withdrawn. BCR
closes |
| Demolition of
railway |
1936 |
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1937 |
“Carlisle”
cut up for scrap, Stretford Bridge Junction taken out. |
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