Talk:Surrey Iron Railway

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"and was (arguably) Britain's, if not the world's, first public railway" - Why "arguably"? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.113.48.7 (talk • contribs). 09:11, January 21, 2005
 * It is subject to argument, depending on how you define a public railway. Chevin 08:40, 19 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I will add a citation for this.Afterbrunel (talk) 20:15, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
 * It is the first use of the word “railway” in an act of parliament. Previous iterations used “waggonway” for middleton, and “rail road” at Lakehurst.
 * it could be considered contemporary at the time, especially as the Americans got independance in 1776 and stayed with”rail road” to this day, presumably missing the formative years of railways until the 1820’s. 86.15.92.6 (talk) 16:36, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

the south London districts of Wandsworth and Croydon
When did Wandswarth and Croydon become part of London? Chevin 08:40, 19 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Croydon became part of london mid 1960s IIRC, but had been a seprate county borough (formt he rest of surrey) for some time (at a guess 50 years) Pickle 00:05, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Perhaps then we should write "to the south of London" Chevin 08:47, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
 * In fact, when the railway was operational, both Wandsworth and Croydon were just towns within the County of Surrey - hence the name of the railway.  The County of London was not created until 1889 and the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth was not created from part of that until 1900. the County Borough of Croydon did not come into existence until 1849. I'll reword the introduction. --DavidCane 23:53, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

The National Rail Museum
Their 'The Story of the Train' brochure/booklet - dated 1999, but still available in September 2011, as I got one that month [September 2011] - does not apparently mention the Surrey Iron Railway. That seems strange. I'm sure it is not hyperborean bias, so, plainly, it must be that the S.I.R. was far less important than we think. I think. Auto wrote - 2011 09 30 at 2105 Z. 86.129.157.202 (talk) 21:04, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Any chance of a route map?
I live in the area and have visited some of the locations mentioned in the article, but I can't quite work out where this railway ran. I think that other readers would also struggle to understand where the trams ran. Many other railway articles have route maps that show all the stations on the line and any branches. Would it be possible to get that done for the Surrey Iron Railway or is the exact route and the exact number of stations unknown? Big Mac (talk) 18:15, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

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