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The Manchester to Buxton Line: A Journey Through History

By Ian Littlechilds, Phil Page
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By Ian Littlechilds, Phil Page
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The Peak District spa town of Buxton was hugely popular in the nineteenth century and the prospect of a railway line from Manchester to the town was desirable for railway companies during the railway boom in the Victorian age. The Manchester & Birmingham Railway opened its first Manchester station in 1840 and the line reached Stockport that year. By 1863 the London & North Western Railway finally reached Buxton, forestalling its rivals. This book charts the development of the line from toda...

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TransportationRailroadsRailroads - General & MiscellaneousRailroads - History