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On This Day

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4th January
Portishead (New) station opened	1954 (Monday)	on forum	portisheadrailw...
3rd January
Cheltenham (St James) station closes	1966 (Monday)	on forum	wikipedia
Full electric passenger services start, West Coast Main Line to Manchester and Liverpool	1966 (Monday)	on forum	wikipedia
2nd January
Formation of Railway Clearing House	1842 (Sunday)		wikipedia
Line from Bala to Blaenau Ffestiniog closed to passenger services	1960 (Saturday)	on forum	wikipedia
1st January
Grouping of railways into four major companies - GWR, SR, LNER and LMS	1923 (Monday)	on forum	wikipedia railwaysarchive
Foundation of British Railways - nationalisation	1948 (Thursday)	on forum	wikipedia
Reading (Southern) electrified	1939 (Sunday)	on forum	wikipedia
"Murder on the Orient Express" published	1934 (Monday)		wikipedia

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