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Cambrian Railways

British pre-grouping railway company
Organization Railway Company Q1028212

Facts

8 properties

Identity

Instance of
railway company

Status and dates

Inception
July 25, 1864[5]
Replaced by
Great Western Railway[11]
Replaces
Oswestry and Newtown Railway, Llanidloes and Newtown Railway, Newtown and Machynlleth Railway, Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway[7][8][9][10]

Location

Headquarters location
Oswestry railway station[4]
Country
United Kingdom[3]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Wales[2]
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Described by source
Signalling Record Society line data[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Cambrian Railways es Ferrocarriles Cámbricos es Ferrocarriles de Cambria ja カンブリアン鉄道 zh 威爾士鐵路
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Country 1
United Kingdom
Described by source 1
Signalling Record Society line data
Instance of 1
railway company
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Wales
Replaced by 1
Great Western Railway
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Summary

Cambrian Railways is a railway company[1].

Related Entities

United Kingdom Wales

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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  1. 6w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Signalling Record Society line data
    Headquarters location → Oswestry railway station
    GND ID → 1087276616
    Instance of → railway company
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #56529: Import GNDs from dewiki"
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