The Chester and Crewe Railway was an early British railway company absorbed by the Grand Junction Railway in 1840 via the Chester and Crewe Railway Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. xlix).[1][2] The company built the section Chester–Crewe of the North Wales Coast line, 21 miles (34 km) in length, the engineer was Robert Stephenson and the contractor for the work was Thomas Brassey.[3] It was the absorption of this company that led the Grand Junction Railway to building its locomotive works at Crewe, which led to Crewe becoming a major railway town.
| Chester and Crewe Railway Act 1840 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for incorporating the Chester and Crewe Railway with the Grand Junction Railway, and for extending to the said first-mentioned Railway the Provisions of the several Acts of Parliament relating to the said last-mentioned Railway; and for other Purposes. |
| Citation | 3 & 4 Vict. c. xlix |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 19 May 1840 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | London and North Western Railway Act 1846 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
References
Further reading
- Whishaw, Francis (1842). The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland Practically Described and Illustrated (2nd ed.). London: John Weale. pp. 55–57. OCLC 833076248.