- Railway town
A railway town is a settlement that originated or was greatly developed because of a
railway station or junction at its site. Examples include:Examples
Australia
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Peterborough, South Australia [cite web
url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/South-Australia/Peterborough/2005/02/17/1108500204567.html
title=Peterborough - South Australia - Australia - Travel - smh.com.au
publisher=www.smh.com.au
accessdate=2008-05-05]
*Serviceton, Victoria [cite web
url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/Victoria/Serviceton/2005/02/17/1108500207300.html
title=Serviceton - Victoria - Australia - Travel - theage.com.au
publisher=www.theage.com.au
accessdate=2008-05-05]
*Seymour, Victoria [cite book
author = John C. Jennings and Robert K. Whitehead
title = "Seymour - A Railway Town"
publisher = Seymour and District Historical Society
date = July 2005
isbn = 0 9751658 0 1 ]
*Werris Creek, New South Wales [cite web
url=http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/lab/90/rogers.html
title=Philippa Rogers | The Australian Railway Monument and Rail Journeys Museum | Labour History, 90 | The History Cooperative
publisher=www.historycooperative.org
accessdate=2008-05-05]Canada
Under the provisions of the
Dominion Lands Act of 1870, the railway companies had the power to survey new townsites along their rail lines, throughoutWestern Canada . Virtually every community in Western Canada that was created after 1870 (the majority) was directly created by the rail companies. One company, theGrand Trunk Pacific , actually began naming the new towns along its main line in alphabetical order from east to west, demonstrating the arbitrary nature of their planning powers.Denmark
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Langå Germany
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Altenbeken
*Bebra
*Hamm Japan
*Ōmiya, Saitama is now a part of Saitama City.
Poland
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Koluszki
*Herby NoweUnited Kingdom
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Crewe
*Darlington
*Doncaster
*Eastleigh
*Haywards Heath
*Newton Abbot - site ofGreat Western Railway
*Sheringham
*Swindon
*Wolverton
*York United States
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Altoona, Pennsylvania
*Atlanta, Georgia , at one time named "Terminus" because it was the terminal of theWestern and Atlantic Railroad
*Chicago, Illinois
*Davis, California
*Etowah, Tennessee
*Sacramento, California
*Woodland, California
*Benson, Arizona ee also
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Crossroads village
*Company town Notes
References
*Lucas, Rex. A. 1971. "Minetown, Milltown, Railtown; life in Canadian communities of single industry." Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
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