Talk:Stert and Westbury Railway
Latest comment: 5 years ago by Redrose64 in topic Lavington viaduct location
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Opening
edit"The new line was ready for goods traffic on 29 July 1900 and passenger trains started to use the line five weeks later on 1 October." I'll correct this if no-one has any objection?
Are we sure that the LSWR route London to Plymouth was shorter than the GWR before this opened? Afterbrunel (talk) 21:11, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
- Considering that St Budeaux Junction (west of Plymouth) is 227+1⁄4 miles from Waterloo (via Okehampton) but 250 miles from Paddington (via Box, ie by the old GWR route), and Plymouth North Road is 246 miles from Padd, I'd say the LSWR route was definitely shorter, by about 15 miles. --Redrose64 (talk) 21:43, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks; it was a polite enquiry. 86.9.94.39 (talk) 19:34, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
Lavington viaduct location
editAs per maps, Lavington viaduct is around 450m east of the old station (which was just west of the A360), not the much higher value apparently referenced from a Quail map. 165.120.185.61 (talk) 20:02, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
- Quail shows Lavington as 88 miles 6 chains (88.08 mi; 141.74 km) from Paddington, the western end of the viaduct at 86 miles 53 chains (86.66 mi; 139.47 km) and the eastern end at 86 miles 48 chains (86.60 mi; 139.37 km). Per WP:V, do you have another reliable source? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 23:06, 10 February 2019 (UTC)