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Updated: May 31, 2025

The new lines opened in 1851 comprised not more than 269 miles the smallest amount in any year since 1848 so that, at the end of December, we had 6890 miles of railway actually opened, and 5101 miles authorised and still to be made.

Various - Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 456: Volume 18, New Series, September 25, 1852