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Furness Railway
English railway company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See also: Furness Line
The Furness Railway (Furness) was a railway company operating in the Furness area of Lancashire in North West England.
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![]() 1920 map of the railway | |
![]() Furness Railway locomotive No. 20 | |
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Dates of operation | 1846ā1922 |
Successor | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1ā2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Length | 157 miles 72 chains (254.1 km) (1919)[1] |
Track length | 430 miles 44 chains (692.9 km) (1919)[1] |
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