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Seaton Railway Station (Cornwall)
Seaton railway station was a proposed railway station in Seaton, Cornwall which would have formed one of four stations on the St Germans & Looe Railway. The railway was proposed in 1935 and authorised by the Great Western Railway (Additional Powers) Act 1936 (c. ci), and work commenced in 1937. By the time that war began in 1939 only a small amount of work had been completed, and it was abandoned. Seaton station itself was unbuilt. References Unbuilt railway stations in the United Kingdom {{SouthWestEngland-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seaton, Cornwall
Seaton ( kw, Sethyn, meaning ''little arrow after the river)'' is a village on the south coast of Cornwall, England, at the mouth of the River Seaton 3.8 miles (6.1 km) east of Looe and ten miles (16 km) west of Plymouth.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 ''Plymouth & Launceston'' The village is in the civil parish of Deviock.Cornwall Council online mapping Retrieved June 2010 The village stretches inland along the River Seaton valley. It has two pubs, a beach café, and some shops. Seaton beach is mostly shingle and stretches from the river to the village of a mile to the east. |
St Germans & Looe Railway
The St Germans & Looe Railway was a proposed new railway in Cornwall by the Great Western Railway, providing a direct connection between St Germans and Looe. The railway was proposed in 1935 and authorised in 1936, and work commenced in 1937. By the time that war began in 1939 only a small amount of work had been completed, and it was abandoned. Had the railway been completed, it would have involved the construction of four stations, three tunnels and two viaducts. The Liskeard and Looe Railway What became the Liskeard and Looe Railway opened in 1860, initially between Moorswater, to the west of Liskeard, and Looe, as a freight line. It opened to passenger traffic in 1879. In 1901 it was extended to Liskeard. Due to the sharp curve between Coombe Junction and Liskeard it was not possible to run through trains, or even through carriages, further up the main line towards St Germans and Plymouth. It was the desire to run through trains, as well as to open up coastal resorts t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tweed Daily
''The Tweed Daily'' was a daily English language newspaper published in Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia from 1914 to 1949. It was also published as the ''Tweed and Brunswick Advocate and Southern Queensland Record'', ''Tweed and Brunswick Advocate'', ''Tweed Times and Brunswick Advocate'', ''Tweed Herald and Brunswick Chronicle'', ''Tweed and South Coast Daily'', ''The Daily News'', ''Tweed and Gold Coast Daily News'', and the ''Tweed Daily News''. History The first edition of the ''Tweed and Brunswick Advocate and Southern Queensland Record'' was published by William Robert Baker on 31 October 1888. On 13 May 1903, it was renamed the ''Tweed and Brunswick Advocate'', published by John William Kilner. On 26 July 1905, publisher P.W. Tarlinton renamed it the ''Tweed Times and Brunswick Advocate'', also known as the ''Tweed Times''. In July 1893 George Niklin started publishing the ''Tweed Herald and Brunswick Chronicle'', also known as the ''Tweed Herald''. On 1 Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
