Sunshine Coast Line

Steam era

← Previous revision Revision as of 17:11, 22 April 2026 Line 171: Line 171: | collapsed = yes | collapsed = yes }} }} The {{abbr|GER|Great Eastern Railway}} negotiated to buy both the Tendring Hundred Railway and the Clacton-on-Sea Railway, and they became part of the {{abbr|GER|Great Eastern Railway}} on 1 July 1883 by the [[Great Eastern, Tendring Hundred and Clacton-on-Sea Railways Act 1883]] ([[46 & 47 Vict.]] c. lvi). The Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea Railway Company was absorbed by the {{abbr|GER|Great Eastern Railway}} on 9 June 1893.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[The Railway Magazine]] |date=September 1959 |editor-first=B. W. C. |editor-last=Cooke |publisher=Tothill Press Ltd |location=Westminster |issue=701 |volume=105 |title=The Great Eastern Line in the Tendring Hundred |first=B. D. J. |last=Walsh |page=641 }}</ref> The {{abbr|GER|Great Eastern Railway}} negotiated to buy both the Tendring Hundred Railway and the Clacton-on-Sea Railway, and they became part of the {{abbr|GER|Great Eastern Railway}} on 1 July 1883 by the '''{{visible anchor|Great Eastern, Tendring Hundred and Clacton-on-Sea Railways Act 1883}}''' ([[46 & 47 Vict.]] c. lvi). The Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea Railway Company was absorbed by the {{abbr|GER|Great Eastern Railway}} on 9 June 1893.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[The Railway Magazine]] |date=September 1959 |editor-first=B. W. C. |editor-last=Cooke |publisher=Tothill Press Ltd |location=Westminster |issue=701 |volume=105 |title=The Great Eastern Line in the Tendring Hundred |first=B. D. J. |last=Walsh |page=641 }}</ref>

In 1923 the line (along with the rest of the {{abbr|GER|Great Eastern Railway}}) became part of the [[London and North Eastern Railway]]. In 1923 the line (along with the rest of the {{abbr|GER|Great Eastern Railway}}) became part of the [[London and North Eastern Railway]].