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Bennie, born at Auldhouse, near Glasgow, Scotland began work on the development of his railplane in 1921.In 1929-1930 he built a prototype on a trial stretch of track over a 130-yard (119-metre) line at Milngavie, off the Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway, with one railplane car to demonstrate the system to potential clients.
Night Mail is a 1936 British documentary film directed and produced by Harry Watt and Basil Wright, and produced by the General Post Office (GPO) Film Unit.The 24-minute film documents the nightly postal train operated by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) from London to Scotland and the staff who operate it.
The line had been constructed as a single line; it was doubled on 24 April 1900. Hillfoot station was opened at the same time. [7]The North British Railway became a constituent of the new London and North Eastern Railway in 1923, following the Railways Act 1921; in 1948 the railways were nationalised and the line was under the control of British Railways, Scottish Region.
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The Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway was absorbed by the NBR in 1873. [2] Responding to the shortcomings of quay facilities in Glasgow, the Clyde Trustees undertook an ambitious project from 1871 to build a large dock at Stobcross, on marshland on the north bank downstream. This became the Queen's Dock, and it opened in 1874. [8]
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:1930s films. It includes 1930s films that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category is for short films released in the decade 1930s
Rail passengers in and around the Glasgow area, 2018–19 Glasgow has one of the densest heavy-rail networks in the United Kingdom outside London, with 186 stations across the Greater Glasgow area. The suburban railway is run by ScotRail , [ 6 ] and is centred around the two main terminus stations, Glasgow Central and Glasgow Queen Street stations.
Glasgow [a] is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland. [5] The city is the third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom [6] and the 27th-most-populous city in Europe. [7]