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word 'Light' in a railways name where it was under the Light railway act. I have now found a better example in the Beer Heights Light Railway (7.25 in...

contains the assertion that Light Railways were "built or operated in the United Kingdom under the 1896 Light Railways Act". The first Parliamentary recognition...

the UK, it's simple. Railways need an act of parliament. Light railways need a light railway order, which is simpler. A light railway is then constrained...

the Light Railways Act 1896 - but that makes it a Light railway, which is not at all the same as Light rail, which is the term that you used. A Light railway...

built as a light railway, under the Light Railways Act 1896, it could not be considered an integral part of the SER network.' The 1886 Act was passed...

incorporated into this article). So, although the railway was never built, it was proposed more than once (1890, 1896, 1918 and possibly again in 1945) - and I...

is granted to build one by a Light Railway Order from Parliament. see 1896 Light Railways Act Even so, the term "Light Rapid Transit" (usually abbreviated...

driver! And as it is mentioned that the DLR name is based on the Light Railways Act 1896 (not sure it is) why does the definition section not start with...

"light railways" ("short lines," "narrow gauge"). However, the railways built in the UK under the 1896 Light Railways Act, the Decauville railways of...

railways invariably operate as light railways as the cost of obtaining an Act of Parliament for such ventures is prohibitive whereas a light railway order...

United Tramways (Lucan Electric Railways) Act, 1927, provides a list of shareholders in the Lucan and Leixlip Railway Company. [Cabinet file, s5442, NAI...

Gas Works, allowing it to manufacture and sell gas for light..."  Done - Changed to: "An act Act passed in the provincial legislature of Ontario, providing...

subsequent legislation ("Taxation Act 1801"). Silverhelm 16:25, 11 December 2006 (UTC). I have a copy of the Short Titles Act 1896, which I presume listed acts...

Car Act was constitutional. The decision was appealed to the state supreme court in 1893 and was appealed again to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1896. By...

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of sentences. - History section rewritten. "In 1987, Cornwall Street Railway Light and Power Company Limited, " Is this Cornwall Electric? If so say so...

look at a railway map ([25]), and you will see that the Berlin S-Bahn network (in pink) runs parallell to mainline railways (or freight railways) for almost...

100% electric. 6. 1896 (14 Dec) - Glasgow Subway (All stations underground). 100% electric. 7. 1896 (21 Dec) - Liverpool Overhead Railway (Underground Dingle...

articles of railways in Sheffield, of which Sheffield Midland is use the above publications as sources. You will find many of the articles on railway in Sheffield...

for a street railway vehicle derives from the work that Sprague did in Richmond and quickly spread elsewhere. By 1889 110 electric railways incorporating...