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Colwich–Stone Line
The Stone to Colwich Line is a long railway line in Staffordshire which serves as a cut-off for West Coast Main Line services to . This route goes direct from Rugeley Trent Valley to Stoke-on-Trent, not going via Stafford. History The line was built by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) and opened to traffic on 1 May 1849. The NSR opened several intermediate stations along the route but these were all closed by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1947 (shortly before nationalisation of the UK railway network). During the Second World War due to the proximity of RAF Hixon, the line was blocked on several occasions resulting from aircraft crashes on or close to the line. The line was the location of the Hixon rail crash in January 1968, which killed 11 people. Route The line diverges from the Trent Valley Line at Colwich Junction and runs through to join the Stafford to Manchester Line at . The route was electrified with 25 kV overhead as part of the electrifica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colwich Junction
Colwich Junction is a rail junction near the village of Little Haywood, in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is the junction between two routes of the West Coast Main Line: the Trent Valley line and the Stone to Colwich cutoff line. The junction was the site of the 1986 Colwich rail crash. Routes Situated on the Trent Valley Line section of the WCML between and Stafford, it accesses a twin track, electrified (25 kV AC overhead line) cut off line through to Stone, where it joins the North Staffordshire Railways main line (Stafford to Cheadle Hulme Junction via Stoke-on-Trent). This provides a shorter route to Manchester Piccadilly than using lines via Stafford or Crewe, although the route via Crewe and Wilmslow is technically a faster route due to fewer speed restrictions on the route. South of the junction, the line is quadruple tracked towards & Rugby but to the north both lines continue as double track only (though the WCML remains so only for two miles be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colwich
Colwich may refer to: * Colwich, Kansas Colwich is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States, located northwest of Wichita. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,455. History Colwich was founded in 1887. The name is a portmanteau of Colorado and Wichita, ..., United States * Colwich, Staffordshire, England ** Colwich Parish ** Colwich rail crash {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railroad Cutoffs
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport. It is used for about 8% of passenger and freight transport globally, thanks to its energy efficiency and potentially high speed.Rolling stock on rails generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, allowing rail cars to be coupled into longer trains. Power is usually provided by diesel or electric locomotives. While railway transport is capital-intensive and less flexible than road transport, it can carry heavy loads of passengers and cargo with greater energy efficiency and safety. Precursors of railways driven by human or animal power have existed since antiquity, but modern rail transport began with the invention of the steam locomotive in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 19th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
