Great Western Railway Timetable, 1 May 1844
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Object number2014.03714
TitleGreat Western Railway Timetable, 1 May 1844
CreatorGreat Western Railway Company (publisher)
DescriptionGreat Western Railway timetable printed in blue ink on paper. The timetable stated that 'On and after Wednesday, the 1st May, 1844, this Line will be completed to EXETER for the Conveyance of Passengers, Carriages, horses, and Goods. Stations at Tiverton Road, Collumpton, and Hele, will also be opened'. This was probably the first timetable to include the route to Exeter that opened 1 May 1844. Timetable was enclosed in James Wyld’s Great Western, Cheltenham, Bristol & Gloucester Railway Map, London: Jas. Wyld Geographer to the Queen, Charing Cross East. 1839.
Production date 1844 - 1844
Production period19th century
Object nametimetable
Object categorymiscellaneous document
Materialpaper
Techniqueprinted
Credit line“Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government from Clive Richards OBE DL and allocated to the ss Great Britain Trust, 2017”