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Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 162
What's it about?
RAIL 162
This series consists of various records of the Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway Company.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 162
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Title (The name of the record)
- Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1863-1959
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of various records of the Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway Company.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- DNG
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway Company, 1873-1957
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 30 files and volumes
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Railways
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Incorporated under act of 28th July 1863 as Dundalk & Greenore Railway Company. Name of company was altered to Dundalk Newry & Greenore Railway Company under act of 21st July 1873. All capital eventually held by London & North Western Railway Company, which company was amalgamated with other companies as from 1st January 1923 to form London Midland & Scottish Railway Company, which in turn passed to British Transport Commission under Transport Act 1947.
A warrant of abandonment of railway dated 18th September 1952 was granted by Minister of Commerce in Northern Ireland under Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 1948, and a warrant of abandonment dated 22nd December 1953 granted by Minister of Industry & Commerce in Republic of Ireland under Abandonment of Railways Act 1850. Under the British Transport Commission Act of 31st July 1957 the Dundalk Newry & Greenore Railway Company was dissolved and all remaining assets passed to British Transport Commission.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12350/
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