Talk:Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway

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I thought I should put here a word of explanation as to why I did such a hutchet job on the original article. To put it simply I found it to be too dismissive of the line altogether. Here are some observations to back that up (I'm not quoting directly):

the article stated that the SMJR was one of the smallest of the lines going into the 1923 Grouping, I felt that this was much too sweeping a statement: there were well over 120 smaller lines, and my copy of the 1912 Railway Year Book lists them and shows their statistics. SMJR is given its own article including map, whereas the others were simply in a table appendix
it was not a maze of branch lines: there were only two connecting links to other company's lines
the tenor of much of the article was that, if a railway doesn't carry passengers and like this one goes through empty countryside, then it is in some way a failure. Until relatively recently, with the advent of competing road transport, the line occupied a premier position, offering as it did a cross-country link for FREIGHT: its initial reason
in 1911, the company's books showed £43,000 income; £27,000 expenditure; and it paid a dividend
I don't believe that it was kept going by 'local business men' - once the iron-ore traffic was gone, it was of little use to the local economy
the dates given were all guesswork: no definite date was ever quoted
( a minor point)I did not care much for the fact that the huge Kineton MoD depot was called an 'arms dump'!!!!! And the link is almost five miles in length: definitely not a 'short spur' ...

Peter Shearan 20:58, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Route map[edit]

I've added a route map for the lines. It's as accurate as I could get with what websites I could find, and with some help from Google Maps. I'm keen to hear any thoughts or corrections. Hertzsprung 19:49, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good work! The junction at Ravenstone Wood for the Bedford to Northampton line is pointing the wrong way. It was 'facing' coming from Bedford. This could be named; Cockley Brake Junction too. 86.183.83.192 (talk) 02:27, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. --Redrose64 (talk) 12:14, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Good work! 86.183.83.192 (talk) 14:24, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Company names[edit]

I have standardized the spellings of the various railway companies to match those used in the official journal of record The London Gazette, namely:

Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway
East and West Junction Railway
Evesham, Redditch, and Stratford-upon-Avon Junction Railway
Stratford-upon-Avon, Towcester, and Midland Junction Railway
Northampton and Banbury Junction Railway

-- Picapica (talk) 16:30, 28 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]